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A defining decade in DNA sequencing

A revolution in DNA sequencing technology has enabled new insights from thousands of genomes sequenced across taxa.

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Figure 1: Sequencing technologies are evolving, with many platforms now reaching maturity as a few others have failed or are being phased out.

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McPherson, J. A defining decade in DNA sequencing. Nat Methods 11, 1003–1005 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth.3106

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