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Gaps in the Human Genome Project

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If the multinational Human Genome Project is to continue its successful start, sequencing strategies must be changed.

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Figure 1: Overview of the strategy for the Human Genome Project.
Figure 2: Gap closing for basic genome-sequencing strategies.
Figure 3: Efficiencies of the basic strategies for sequencing the human genome.

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  1. Department of Molecular Biotechnology, University of Washington, Seattle, 98195, Washington, USA

    Jared C. Roach, Andrew F. Siegel, Ger van den Engh, Barbara Trask & Leroy Hood

  2. Departments of Management Science, Finance and Statistics,

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Roach, J., Siegel, A., van den Engh, G. et al. Gaps in the Human Genome Project. Nature 401, 843–845 (1999). https://doi.org/10.1038/44684

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