Shotgun method Sequencing method that involves randomly sequenced cloned pieces of the genome, with no foreknowledge of where the piece originally came from.
Shotgun method
Cloning of DNA fragments randomly generated from a genome. See library, genomic library.
Related Terms:
Cloning
The process of asexually producing a group of cells (clones), all genetically identical, from a single ancestor.
The first version of this assembler was demonstrated in 2000, when the Celera team joined forces with Professor Gerald Rubin to sequence the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster using the whole-genome shotgun method[14].
 See also: Chromosomes, Chromosome, Clone, Mapping, Organ
  
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