In shotgun cloning, the DNA of an entire genome is cloned without aiming at particular sequences. From the cloned array of DNA fragments (library), the sequences of interest may be identified by appropriate genetic probes. cloning, DNA probe, DNA library; Matsumoto S et al 1998 Microbiol Immunol 42:15.
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(2008). Shotgun Cloning. In: Encyclopedia of Genetics, Genomics, Proteomics and Informatics. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6754-9_15555
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