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Expressed sequence tag (EST)

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Short (300-–500 bp), single-pass sequence obtained from the 5'’ or 3’' end of mRNA (cDNAs). ESTs represent a snapshot of genes that are expressed at a given developmental stage or in a given tissue. (Varshney 2010)