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  Reading the Sequencing Products  
 

In the sequencing machine, a laser excites the fluorescent dyes, and a camera detects the lights that the excited dyes emit. One by one, the sequencing machine reads the DNA molecules passing down the gel, and sends the information to a computer.

A single sequencing reaction reveals the sequence of a few hundred letters of DNA.

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