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title: "Illumina sequencing uses a sequencing-by-synthesis approach."
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# Illumina sequencing uses a sequencing-by-synthesis approach.

## Content

Illumina sequencing uses a sequencing-by-synthesis approach.

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## Connections (1)

### A machine-readable specification for genomics assays

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This publication contains this grounded claim.

> Illumina sequencing employs a sequencing by synthesis ap proach where fluorescently labeled nucleotides are incorpo rated into single-stranded DNA, and imaged, while PacBio uses zero-mode waveguides for single-molecule detection of dNTP incorporation.

Source: 2024-03-29-bioinformatics.pdf — <https://sina.bio/source/2024-03-29-bioinformatics-pdf>