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DIY tips please on how to do it

What do I need, centrifuges ?, Electrophoresis gel ?, X-RAY machines,

Or hand held dna scanning devices like these : https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/01/pocket-sized-dna-rea...

?


https://stackoverflow.blog/2021/12/24/sequencing-your-dna-wi...

~$800 USB dongle (above article was published in 2021 and the price has gone down) plus consumables.


Nanopore sequencing fidelity was garbage back in 2021. Not sure what it is now.


slightly better, but still best for long read capability, not fidelity


Would we be able to improve that with multiple runs? eg. 2 our of 3? (Or, ie. are the errors systematic?)




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