454 sequencing

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454 Sequencing, is a type of massively parallel DNA sequencing.

454 Sequencing was created by biotech company 454 in 2005 and was released as a faster, cheaper alternative to other DNA sequencing methods available at the time, such as the Sanger “dideoxy” method[1]

References

  1. Wellcome.ac.uk, (2015). DNA sequencing - the 454 method | Wellcome Trust. [online] Available at: http://www.wellcome.ac.uk/Education-resources/Education-and-learning/Resources/Animation/WTX056046.htm [Accessed 19 Oct. 2015].