Table 2 |
||
|
The projected rate of sequence accumulation |
||
|
Minimal rate of |
||
|
Year |
Cost (cents) per base |
growth (base-pair/year) |
|
|
||
|
2000 |
10-30 |
1×1010 |
|
2005 |
1-3 |
1×1011 |
|
2010 |
0.1-0.3 |
1×1012 |
|
2015 |
0.01-0.03 |
1×1013 |
|
2020 |
0.001-0.003 |
1×1014 |
|
|
||
|
Assumes a fixed rate of funding at $1 billion/year. |
||
|
Overbeek Genome Biology 2000 1:comment2002.1 doi:10.1186/gb-2000-1-2-comment2002 |
||