What does "enriched DNA" mean?

Maria Giovanna Lupo @Maria_Giovanna_Lupo

05 May 2015 0 2K Report

In many papers regarding sequencing techniques you can read that the DNA samples were enriched ... but what does "enrich a DNA sample" mean?

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