To Pool, or Not to Pool?

IN this issue of Genetics, [Futschik and Schlotterer (2010)][1] present one of the first and the most systematic explorations of the relative merits of pooling vs. individual sequencing for several genetics applications. They argue that pooling individuals is often more effective both for SNP

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