Biology / Unit 7 Bio 1575 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Next-Generation Sequencing's Parallel Structure
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The idea
Next-generation sequencing automates rapid, parallel sequencing of huge numbers of short DNA fragments at once.
In practice
A sequencer reads large numbers of short fragments simultaneously, and software assembles the results into contigs.
Where people slip
"Parallel" means many fragments sequenced at once, not a faster read of one long fragment — it names automation and scale, not Sanger's chemistry.
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