Milestones in genomes sequenced
The milestones listed below correspond to key developments in the availability of new reference genomes. This is a large topic, and we apologize for any omissions.
1977: Bacteriophage ΦX174
1982: Bacteriophage lambda
1995: Haemophilus influenzae
1996: Saccharomyces cerevisiae
1998: Caenorhabditis elegans
2000: Drosophila melanogaster
2000: Arabidopsis thaliana
2001: Homo sapiens: The Human Genome Project and Celera produced draft sequences of the human genome with the HGP publishing in 2004 a more complete, relatively error-free reference.
2002: Mus musculus
2005: Pan troglodytes
2005: Oryza sativa
2007: Cyanidioschyzon merolae
2009: Zea mays
2010: Neanderthal
2012: Denisovan
2013: The HeLa cell line: Adey et al. ; Landry et al.
2013: Danio rerio
2017: Xenopus laevis