shotgun sequencing

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Definition of shotgun sequencing in English English dictionary

A DNA sequencing technique in which a large number of small fragments of a long DNA strand are generated at random, sequenced, and reassembled to form a sequence of the original strand

Hyphenation

shot·gun sequencing

Turkish pronunciation

şätgʌn sikwınsîng

Pronunciation

/ˈsʜätˌgən ˈsēkwənsəɴɢ/ /ˈʃɑːtˌɡʌn ˈsiːkwənsɪŋ/

Etymology

() Formed through analogy with the effect of a shotgun blast, which contains many small pellets.