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Nucleotide sequence of bacteriophage lambda.

SANGER, Frederick (1918 – 2013) Wikipedia

J. Mol. Biol., 162, 729-773. 1982.

Sanger and colleagues sequenced the entire genome of bacteriophage lambda using a random shotgun technique. This was the first whole genome shotgun (WGS) sequence.

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External URL	nucleotide-sequence-of-bacteriophage-lambda-j-mol-biol-162-1982-72973