– Dovetail customers can now incorporate PacBio’s Single Molecule, Real-Time (SMRT) long-read sequencing into their genome assembly projects; companies to co-market Dovetail offering –

MENLO PARK, Calif. and SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — Pacific Biosciences of California, Inc., (Nasdaq:PACB), and Dovetail Genomics™ LLC today announced that Dovetail has added PacBio® SMRT® sequencing and de novo assembly options to its menu of genome assembly services. The companies also announced their signing of a co-marketing agreement under which the new service offerings will be jointly promoted.

“We are impressed by Dovetail’s continued commitment to deliver the most comprehensive view of genomes,” said Kevin Corcoran, Senior Vice President of Market Development at Pacific Biosciences. “Until now, Dovetail has focused exclusively on short-read NGS data, so we are pleased to see the addition of our long-read SMRT Sequencing technology to their service offering, and to partner with Dovetail to provide the best poss