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Breaking Open The Bottlenecks In Genomic DNA Sequencing

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Should biotechnology become a stronger player in shaping the human genome project's overall development?

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Edgington, S. Breaking Open The Bottlenecks In Genomic DNA Sequencing. Nat Biotechnol 11, 39–42 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1038/nbt0193-39

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