title: The genesis of microarrays.
abstract: This review provides a perspective on the initial development of microarray technologies by two independent groups in the late 1980s.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, California, 92521.
authors.forename: Michael C
authors.initials: MC
authors.lastname: Pirrung
authors.forename: Edwin M
authors.initials: EM
authors.lastname: Southern
mesh_terms: D049673:History, 20th Century; D049674:History, 21st Century; D006801:Humans; D046228:Microarray Analysis / Q000266:history* / Q000379:methods*
keywords: combinatorial; hybridization; invention; photolithography