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Book Review |
Whole Genome Amplification
Edited by S. Hughes and R. Lasken
Scion Publishing Ltd, Bloxham, UK;
2005; ISBN 1-904842-07-0; 193 pp.;
Paperback.
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With increasingly powerful methods of genomic analysis becoming available in the last few years, the availability of genomic DNA in sufficient quantities can become a limiting factor. This requirement for the unlimited supply of DNA has accelerated the development of reliable methods of amplifying the whole genome.
This book outlines various methodologies that could be adopted to enhance and optimise Whole Genome Amplification (WGA). Each chapter contains a concise introduction that leads the reader into the practical approaches of the
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