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Putting long-range mapping in reach

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A technique for performing PCR on extremely large DNA molecules offers researchers the ability to generate accurate multi-marker haplotypes for large numbers of patients—even with loci arrayed across entire human chromosomes.

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Figure 1: Haplotyping of two markers on human chromosome 7.

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Eisenstein, M. Putting long-range mapping in reach. Nat Methods 3, 239 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1038/nmeth0406-239

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