Previous whole-transcriptome analysis by RNA-Seq required hundreds of thousands of cells or microgram amounts of RNA. A modification of the cDNA library preparation method now allows unbiased capture of the majority of genes expressed in a single blastomere and oocyte. cDNA sequencing on the SOLiD platform facilitates the quantitative analysis of the transcriptome complexity in a single cell.
- Fuchou Tang
- Catalin Barbacioru
- M Azim Surani
