sequencing

American  

[see-kwuhn-sing] / ˈsi kwən sɪŋ /

noun

1. the interruption of a career by a woman to bear and care for children until they reach an age that allows her to resume work.

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sequencing British  

/ ˈsiːkwənsɪŋ /

noun

1. the procedure of determining the order of amino acids in the polypeptide chain of a protein ( protein sequencing ) or of nucleotides in a DNA section comprising a gene ( gene sequencing )

2. Also called: priority sequencing.  commerce specifying the order in which jobs are to be processed, based on the allocation of priorities

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Example Sentences

By sequencing the genomes of the worms that survived these higher oxygen levels, the researchers uncovered mutations in two mitochondrial genes: FDX2 and NFS1.

From Science Daily

Lead author Paul Den Uyl applied "shotgun" sequencing, a technique that reads all DNA present in a water sample.

From Science Daily

“The goal now is to minimize risk by standardizing, sequencing, and simplifying,” Isaac said.

From The Wall Street Journal

Using single-cell RNA sequencing, which identifies gene activity in individual cells, the researchers observed that microplastics altered several cell types involved in atherosclerosis.

From Science Daily

The team analyzed fecal samples from 14 people with CAD and compared them to samples from 28 healthy participants using metagenomic sequencing, a powerful technique that identifies all the DNA within a sample.

From Science Daily