date:Dec 20, 2013
ect by using next-generation sequencing, a technique that randomly generates short sequences from a genome - the total genetic content of an organism - and stitches them back together. Next-generation sequencing works like a text editor, said Tuinstra, professor of plant breeding and genetics.
It's just like taking a 10-word sentence from a book and asking where it belongs, he said. It finds the location of a specific sequence inside the species genome. The mutation is like a misplaced period i