Patent ID: 11939627
Assignee: BIONANO GENOMICS, INC.
Field: Biotechnology (Chemistry)
Classification: CPC C  G | IPC C  G

Claim 0:
1. A method of characterizing a first DNA and a second DNA, comprising:
labeling a plurality of sequence-specific locations on a first DNA and a second DNA with a labeling technique that does not cut or nick a strand of DNA;
linearizing at least a portion of the labeled first DNA and a portion of the labeled second DNA;
detecting a recognizable pattern of labels on the linearized first DNA and on the linearized second DNA, wherein the labels are indicative of a sequence characteristic of the first DNA and a sequence characteristic of the second DNA; and
comparing the recognizable patterns of the first and second DNAs to ascertain a similarity or difference in a sequence characteristic of the first and second DNAs.