Next-generation sequencing is pushing gene-expression profiling further into the digital age. But analog methods still have plenty of wind left. Nathan Blow looks at the looming battle over the cell's transcriptome.
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Blow, N. The digital generation. Nature 458, 239–240 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1038/458239a
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