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Sanger and Gilbert found a way to sequence DNA. Given an unknown piece of DNA, they were able to rad the corect order and bases of adeninie, cytosine, guanine and thymine.
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Kary Mullis invented polymerase chain reaction to amplify DNA in the laboratory.
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An automated fluorescence sequencer was invented. speeding up the labor-intense process.
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Genes were moved into an organism through the use of a gene gun.
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DNA microarray technology, looking at the expression of all genes of an organsim at one time on a microscope slide or silicon chip, was developed.
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Dabiri and Garner invented an automated DNA sequencer that had a capability of sequencing 76,800 base pairs per hour, 5 to 30 times faster than existing sequencers. Technology like this greatly sped up the Human Genome Project.
