This first shreds a genome into pieces small enough for sequencing machines to handle, then stitches the sequenced pieces back together by matching the overlaps using a computer.

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Once the fragments are sequenced, their relative positions on the genome must still be laboriously reconstructed by a computer.

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Once the fragments are sequenced, their relative positions on the genome still must then be laboriously reconstructed by a computer.

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