- For the sense of "sequencing" used in electronic music, see the music sequencer article. For sequence learning in cognitive science, see sequence learning.
In
genetics and
biochemistry,
sequencing means to determine the
primary structure (sometimes falsely called primary sequence) of an unbranched
biopolymer. Sequencing results in a symbolic linear depiction known as a
sequence which succinctly summarizes much of the atomic-level structure of the sequenced molecule.