You overhear colleagues discussing their current research.They mention that they need to purchase a large quantity of dideoxynucleoside triphosphates and that they will be using sonic technology.You also hear them discussing the pros and cons of several computer programs that can align large amounts of overlapping data.What technique do you think your colleagues are preparing for?
A)transposition
B)Gel electrophoresis
C)shotgun sequencing
D)data mining

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The mention of purchasing dideoxynucleoside triphosphates and the use of sonic technology suggests that the colleagues are preparing for shotgun sequencing, a technique used in whole-genome sequencing. The discussions about computer programs for aligning data also support this conclusion. Transposition, gel electrophoresis, and data mining are not directly related to shotgun sequencing.

You Overhear Colleagues Discussing Their Current Research