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[1] Multiplex miniaturized technology consisting of an arrayed series of thousands of microscopic spots (probes); they can be small regions of a gene used to hybridize a DNA or a RNA sample quantified by the detection of fluorescence. [2] Sources: DNA or RNA from any biological sources (cell lines, biopsies, blood or other body fluids). Applications: Gene expression profiles, Comparative Genomic Hybridisation, epigenetic modification, SNPs analysis and Aternative Splicing detection at the genome scale. [3] Fast and genome-wide application but require different controls to avoid the occurrence of false positive or negative data. Deep bioinformatic analyses are also needed. [4] According to the type of the array, quality composition of the slides must be carefully designed. Some additional specific experiments are often required to validate the results obtained. References and resources: [169] [0] 
Microarrays not only limited to cDNA RNA and DNA for classical genomy and expression analysis, but also expand into epigenetic field.
WikiGenes - Principles for the post-GWAS functional characterisation of risk loci
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