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NGS Platforms & Library Prep

How Illumina and Nanopore sequencing work: library preparation, adapters, paired-end reads, coverage depth and the file formats NGS produces.

  • Intermediate
  • 10questions
  • 10min
  • Topic: Genomics
  • BSc · MSc

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What You'll Be Asked

  1. What is the main advantage of NGS over Sanger sequencing?
  2. Which format stores aligned reads?
  3. Paired-end sequencing involves sequencing both ________ of a DNA fragment.

7 more questions in the quiz. Your score and the right answers come at the end.

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