Long reads. In recent years, a new sequencing technique based on long reads has emerged, by PacBio HiFi sequencing among ...

To read a genome, DNA is first cut into small pieces of about 300 letters, known as short reads. These pieces are read and then reassembled until the complete genome is mapped.

Long reads. In recent years, a new sequencing technique based on long reads has emerged, by PacBio HiFi sequencing among others. With this technique, genetic segments of 20,000 letters can be read ...

To read a genome, DNA is first cut into small pieces of about 300 letters, known as short reads. These pieces are read and then reassembled until the complete genome is mapped.