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Genomic sequencing: Here's how researchers identify omicron and other COVID-19 variants

  • Written by Andre Hudson, Professor and Head of the Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, Rochester Institute of Technology
Genomic sequencing: Here's how researchers identify omicron and other COVID-19 variantsSequencing the genome of a virus gives researchers information on how mutations can affect its transmissibility and virulence.catalinr/iStock via Getty Images Plus

How do scientists detect new variants of the virus that causes COVID-19? The answer is a process called DNA sequencing.

Researchers sequence DNA to determine the order of the four...

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