In practice a lot of what emerges are fragments of genomes, rather than complete assemblies.

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Clifford Reid, chief executive of Complete Genomics, which has finished 50 genomes, is skeptical that it will be that easy.

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Complete Genomics, the second-biggest gainer, specializes in sequencing human genomes.

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