高通量测序技术新名词的理解和辨析

Discrimination of Novel Terms in High-Throughput Sequencing

高通量测序是指能一次并行对几十万到几百万条DNA分子进行序列测定的技术。高通量测序迅猛发展,已成为全球生命科学研究的热点。由此衍生的新科技术语也不断出现。而规范统一的定名有助于科技成果的快速推广。文章从测序技术的发展历史进行阐述,着重对高通量测序技术一词进行分析,并对其领域内主要的专业术语进行了归纳和解释。

High-throughput sequencing is a technique that has capable of sequencing multiple DNA molecules in parallel,enabling hundreds of millions of DNA molecules to be sequenced at a time. With the rapid development of high-throughput sequencing,it has become a hot field in life sciences,and appeared some novel terms. This article expounds the development histor of sequencing tech-nology ,analyzes the term “ high-throughput sequencing technology”,and explains related main technical terms in this field.