A technique which produces sets of overlapping DNA clones for studying segments of DNA larger than can be cloned individually. A method for the analysis of large regions of DNA, in which a each end of a large single cloned DNA fragment is used separately to screen recombinant DNA genome library for other clones containing neighbouring sequences.

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