3500 GEN analyzer

The National Institutes of Health intends to negotiate on a sole source basis with Life Technologies Corporation.

The Applied Biosystems 3500 Genetic Analyzer Modern genetics depends on the ability to analyze a variety of types of genetic markers, including microsatellite markers and SNPs and to determine the sequence of genes and whether they are altered from the consensus in a population. In addition, DNA sequencing is required to identify sequence changes in both unaffected and affected individuals. Currently, positional cloning projects require the ability to analyze large numbers of samples rapidly, accurately, and efficiently. These ‘high throughput’ projects cannot be performed by hand but require automated analysis systems. The most efficient and practical method to carry out this type of analysis currently is by using capillary sequencing apparatus.

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