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Table 2 Third Generation Sequencers (TGS): an overview

From: Ancient DNA studies: new perspectives on old samples

Company name

TGS sequencing chemistry

Helicos Genetic Analysis Platform

Virtual Terminator nucleotides

Pacific Biosciences

Anchored DNA polymerase + Zero-mode waveguide (ZMW)

VisiGen Biotechnologies

Modified DNA polymerase + Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET)

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