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