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The giant-panda genome is the first reported de novo assembly of a large mammalian genome achieved using next-generation sequencing methods. The feat reflects a trend towards ever-decreasing genome-sequencing costs.

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Figure 1: Genome sequence assembly.

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  1. Department of Molecular and Human Genetics, Kim C. Worley and Richard A. Gibbs are at the Human Genome Sequencing Center, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas 77030, USA. kworley@bcm.edu;,

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Worley, K., Gibbs, R. Decoding a national treasure. Nature 463, 303–304 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1038/463303a

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