For the sweet orange sequencing project, which was spearheaded by researchers at the US Department of Energy’s Joint Genome Institute, the University of Florida, the Georgia Institute of Technology, and 454 Life Sciences, the team used the Roche 454 GS FLX and FLX Titanium platforms to tackle the 320 million base genome of the Ridge Pineapple sweet orange, Citrus sinensis.
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