Monthly Archives: November 2017

Preprint Roundup: Long-Read Sequencing, ddRAD-seq, and a New Look at Viruses

We always keep our eyes peeled for interesting new research from scientists using Sage Science automated DNA size selection instruments, and several recent preprints caught our attention. Here’s a look: Nanopore Sequencing Reveals High-Resolution Structural Variation in the Cancer Genome … more »

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Mapping and phasing of structural variation in patient genomes using nanopore sequencing

November 2017 Authors: Mircea Cretu Stancu, Markus van Roosmalen, Ivo Renkens, Marleen Nieboer, et al. Info: Scientists used the Oxford MinION nanopore sequencer with a novel pipeline, NanoSV, to detect structural variants from the genomes of two patients. They found … more »

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Long-read sequencing of the coffee bean transcriptome reveals the diversity of full-length transcripts

November 2017 Authors: Bing Cheng, Agnelo Furtado, Robert Henry Info: In this study, researchers generated the transcriptome of the tetraploid Arabica coffee bean, focusing on caffeine and sucrose genes for in-depth analysis. They used the PacBio Iso-Seq method with BluePippin … more »

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