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Table 3 – SNP frequency of nucleotides determined from manual and automated performance


Figure 2 – Standard curve of the magnetic bead suspension prepared by manual suspension (n = 3).


Table 4 – Correlation of manual and automated libraries


Automated library versus positive control manual library (r2 0.997 0.995 0.995 0.993


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libraries (Table 3). Manual and automated library correlations (r2 ) for both


the positive and negative controls (Table 4) demonstrate the system’s high reproducibility; this can be attributed to the uniform distribution of magnetic beads and accurate pipetting.


Figure 3 – Automated distribution of the magnetic bead suspension (automated mixing) to the target well of the multiple-well plate for nucleic extraction or purification (n = 3).


Table 2 – Purified amplified library concentrations for positive and negative controls from the manual and automated procedures within the acceptable limits


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