Chapter 24, Problem 24CA

Summary Introduction

To discuss:

The advantages and the limitations of the whole genome sequencing.

Introduction:

The process of determining the exact order of the sequence of nucleotides of the genome of an organism is known as sequencing. The results provided by the sequencing play a significant role in the field of medical diagnosis, systematic, virology, forensic biology and biotechnology. There are various kinds of sequencing. One of them is the whole genome sequencing.