title: Electronic PCR: bridging the gap between genome mapping and genome sequencing.
abstract: A crucial event in the history of the Human Genome Project was the decision to use sequence-tagged sites (STSs) as common landmarks for genomic mapping. Following several years of constructing STS-based maps of ever-increasing detail, the emphasis has recently shifted towards large-scale genomic sequencing. A computational procedure called 'electronic PCR' allows STS landmarks to be revealed as data emerge from the sequencing pipeline, thereby bridging the gap between mapping and sequencing activities.
authors.affiliation: National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20894, USA. schuler@ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
authors.forename: G D
authors.initials: GD
authors.lastname: Schuler
mesh_terms: D001483:Base Sequence; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D015894:Genome, Human; D006801:Humans; D008957:Models, Genetic; D008969:Molecular Sequence Data; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction / Q000379:methods*; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000379:methods*; D016324:Sequence Tagged Sites