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Ignore parts of the genome that are unimportant and only sequence important parts

Break up the genome into smaller pieces and sequence all the pieces at once

Only sequence one of the two strands in a double stranded piece of DNA from a genome

Use a microscope to see each letter better

Add enough colored letters to get more than one to stick at a time to the DNA

Make copies of the DNA

A sequential series of pictures of colored spots are taken and analyzed

All the colored letters added into newly made DNA make a unique hue for each spot

The time before the color fades away is an indication of the sequence of letters

Make sure all the sequences of every piece are the same and that there are no mutations

Make sure there is the same number of letters in each piece

Put them all together using the first genome sequence as a guide

To check out if it is correct

To use that knowledge to improve our characteristics

To decipher what the sequence means