title: Automation and robotics for genetic analysis.
abstract: This guide to laboratory robotics covers a wide variety of methods amenable to automation including mapping, genotyping, barcoding and data handling, template preparation, reaction setup, colony and plaque picking, and more.
authors.affiliation: Genomic Profiling Systems, Cambridge, Massachusetts, USA.
authors.forename: J H
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Smith
authors.forename: D
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Madan
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Salhaney
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Engelstein
mesh_terms: D001331:Automation; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D004247:DNA / Q000032:analysis / Q000235:genetics; D005821:Genetic Techniques; D005826:Genetics, Medical; D006801:Humans; D016133:Polymerase Chain Reaction; D012371:Robotics
chemical_list: D004247:DNA