Prescott's Microbiology
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781259281594
Author: Joanne Willey, Linda Sherwood Adjunt Professor Lecturer, Christopher J. Woolverton Professor
Publisher: McGraw-Hill Education
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Chapter 18, Problem 6CHI
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The next-generation genomic sequencing techniques, in short, is referred to as NGS technique. The NGS technique is also known as high-throughput sequencing. The traditional methods of gene sequencing are found to be limited only up to 84 kilobase (Kb) per run. But the NGS methods achieve sequencing of around 1 gigabase (Gb) per run. The NGS techniques are found to be relatively faster, efficient, and cheaper when compared with the other traditional methods of sequencing.
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Chapter 18 Solutions
Prescott's Microbiology
Ch. 18.1 - MICRO INQUIRY What is the function of the 3-OH...Ch. 18.1 - MICRO INQUIRY Why is it important that identical...Ch. 18.2 - MICRO INQUIRY Which step (or steps) in this...Ch. 18.2 - Retrieve, Infer, Apply Why is the Sanger technique...Ch. 18.2 - Retrieve, Infer, Apply Explain the difference...Ch. 18.2 - Retrieve, Infer, Apply Why does reversible chain...Ch. 18.2 - Prob. 4RIACh. 18.2 - Retrieve, Infer, Apply Suggest a medical and an...Ch. 18.3 - Retrieve, Infer, Apply What is a phylotype?Ch. 18.3 - Retrieve, Infer, Apply NGS techniques are...
Ch. 18.3 - Retrieve, Infer, Apply Examine figure 18.8. How...Ch. 18.4 - Prob. 1MICh. 18.5 - Figure 18.12 Metabolic Pathways and Transport...Ch. 18.5 - Prob. 2MICh. 18.5 - Prob. 3MICh. 18.5 - Prob. 1.1RIACh. 18.5 - Retrieve, Infer, Apply How might the following...Ch. 18.5 - Retrieve, Infer, Apply What specific limitations...Ch. 18.5 - Retrieve, Infer, Apply Compare and contrast...Ch. 18.5 - Retrieve, Infer, Apply Why does two-dimensional...Ch. 18.5 - Retrieve, Infer, Apply What is the difference...Ch. 18.5 - Retrieve, Infer, Apply Describe a ChIP-Seq...Ch. 18.7 - Prob. 1MICh. 18.7 - Retrieve, Infer, Apply Cite an infectious disease...Ch. 18.7 - Prob. 2RIACh. 18.7 - Prob. 3RIACh. 18 - Propose an experiment that can be done easily with...Ch. 18 - Prob. 2CHICh. 18 - You are developing a new vaccine for a pathogen....Ch. 18 - Prob. 4CHICh. 18 - Prob. 5CHICh. 18 - Prob. 6CHI
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