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Massive parallelism, randomness and genomic advances

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In reviewing the past decade, it is clear that genomics was, and still is, driven by innovative technologies, perhaps more so than any other scientific area in recent memory. From the outset, computing, mathematics and new automated laboratory techniques have been key components in allowing the field to move forward rapidly. We highlight some key innovations that have come together to nurture the explosive growth that makes a new era of genomics a reality. We also document how these new approaches have fueled further innovations and discoveries.

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Figure 1
Figure 2: The growth of GenBank since 1992.
Figure 3: The growth of EST sequencing since 1992.
Figure 4: The number of publications listed in PubMed that contain the expressions 'EST' (shown as red squares; ref. 10), 'BAC' (green diamonds; ref. 93) and 'YAC' (blue triangles; ref. 94).
Figure 5: Citation tree for the original human EST paper by Adams et al.10.
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Figure 7: The number of genomes sequenced each year since 1995.
Figure 8: Citation tree for the WGS sequencing of E. coli9.

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Venter, J., Levy, S., Stockwell, T. et al. Massive parallelism, randomness and genomic advances. Nat Genet 33 (Suppl 3), 219–227 (2003). https://doi.org/10.1038/ng1114

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