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Enabling gold and platinum genomes
The genome holds the molecular blueprints for life. Yet, only a tiny fraction of species have completely sequenced genomes, leaving millions undiscovered to underexplored.1 Advances in next-generation sequencing have sparked numerous large-scale sequencing projects, but many newly sequenced genomes remain fragmented and incomplete, lacking crucial information. Our Proximo™ Genome Scaffolding platform employs proximity ligation technology and scaffolding optimization to group and order sequencing data into very long contigs and high-quality, chromosome-scale scaffolds, enhancing assembly quality and driving the age of “platinum” genomes.2 Higher quality assemblies allow for improved annotation accuracy, thereby facilitating the functional and comparative genomics studies needed to answer important questions in medicine, agriculture and conservation.
