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Re:Microsoft, UW demonstrate first fully automated DNA data ... by shpongled on Saturday March 23, 2019 @11:55AM (#19470939)
DNA polymerase "reads" in one direction, so you prime the polymerase with a short DNA sequence (a primer), that is complementary and located 5' (before) the section you want to read
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