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. 2009 Oct 9;326(5950):236-7.
doi: 10.1126/science.1180614.

Genomics. Genome project standards in a new era of sequencing

P S G Chain  1 , D V Grafham, R S Fulton, M G Fitzgerald, J Hostetler, D Muzny, J Ali, B Birren, D C Bruce, C Buhay, J R Cole, Y Ding, S Dugan, D Field, G M Garrity, R Gibbs, T Graves, C S Han, S H Harrison, S Highlander, P Hugenholtz, H M Khouri, C D Kodira, E Kolker, N C Kyrpides, D Lang, A Lapidus, S A Malfatti, V Markowitz, T Metha, K E Nelson, J Parkhill, S Pitluck, X Qin, T D Read, J Schmutz, S Sozhamannan, P Sterk, R L Strausberg, G Sutton, N R Thomson, J M Tiedje, G Weinstock, A Wollam; Genomic Standards Consortium Human Microbiome Project Jumpstart Consortium; J C Detter
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Genomics. Genome project standards in a new era of sequencing

P S G Chain et al. Science. .

Abstract

More detailed sequence standards that keep up with revolutionary sequencing technologies will aid the research community in evaluating data.

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Figure. Trends in generation of drafted and finished genomes
A conservative estimate of future projects is shaded in light blue. Data were derived from (6, 7).
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