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100

The technology that sequences DNA via chemical degradation?

Maxam-Gilbert

100

The amplification step used in Illumina Sequencing

Bridge Amplification

100

Technology based on measuring the change in (voltage/electrical charge) flowing across the membrane

Oxford Nanopore

100

The year that Maxam-Gilbert sequencing method was published

1977

100

The poet who authored the poem we used in 'Poem Assembly' project

Robert Frost

200

The first technology to do sequencing by synthesis

Sanger sequencing

200

Sequencing by ligation

SOLiD

200

What is a major bioinformatic challenge with 3rd generation sequencing?


High sequencing error rate

200

The year that the Human genome project began in

1990

200

The serial killer that was finally apprehended through use of forensic genealogy

Golden State Killer/Joseph James DeAngelo

300

Another name for chain-terminating nucleotides utilized in Sanger sequencing.

ddNTPs

300

System that detects synthesis by measuring change in pH

Ion Torrent

300

The organism that the Oxford Nanopore minION was trained on to detect methylated DNA

E. coli

300

The year that the first human chromosome (22) was sequenced

1999

300

The genome sequencing company that recently had a huge data breach of 6.9 million customers

23andMe

400

The first widely adopted method for DNA sequencing

Maxam-Gilbert

400

Amplification step in 454, applied Biosystems tech, and other NextGen sequencing technologies

Emulsion PCR

400

Smallest nanopore platform available on the market

Min-Ion

400

The year Watson, Crick, Wilkins and Franklin published a paper on discovery of the structure of DNA

1953

400

Common file format that delivers both a genomic sequence and a Phred score

FastQ file

500

The visual output for Sanger sequencing

Chromatogram

500

Quantity of ligation cycles needed to complete extension of the primer during SOLiD sequencing

7

500

Optical guidance system used in the SMRT technology (looking for full name, not acronym)

Zero-Mode Waveguide

500

The year that sequenced DNA was first used as a part of forensic genealogy to make a conviction in a cold case

2019

500

The type of sequencing technique that can help with the heterogeneous nature of cancer

scSeq (single cell sequencing)