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1998: Company Announces Sequencing Plan

In May 1998, the company Celera Genomics was formed to sequence much of the human genome in three years. While, the company used many HGP-generated resources, unlike the HGP, which built detailed maps before sequencing defined regions, Celera used a shotgun sequencing strategy, in which the entire genome is fragmented and random segments are sequenced and then put in order.

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Venter, J.C., Adams, M.D., Sutton, G.G., Kerlavage, A.R., Smith, H.O., Hunkapiller, M. Shotgun sequencing of the human genome. Science, 280:1540-2. 1998. [PubMed]

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