Recently I came across a biotech-sequencing company in Germany - GATC - which offers services on 3 new-generation seq platforms - Solexa (Illumina), 454 (Roche) and Solid (ABI) (also conventional Sanger).
That "3 in 1" service was quite strange finding for me
- what is the point of having all these platforms?
Could anyone briefly explain the main differences between these platforms, mainly 454 and Solexa, mostly in the range of applications, specificity and cost. Are these 3rd generation sequencing platforms already applied in diagnostics?
Would be very grateful indeed,
Best wishes,
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Ramunas J.
That "3 in 1" service was quite strange finding for me
![EEK!](https://www.seqanswers.com/core/images/smilies/eek.png)
Could anyone briefly explain the main differences between these platforms, mainly 454 and Solexa, mostly in the range of applications, specificity and cost. Are these 3rd generation sequencing platforms already applied in diagnostics?
Would be very grateful indeed,
Best wishes,
--
Ramunas J.
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