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How was the human genome sequenced? | Peter Attia and Alex Aravanis — Whalespan

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How was the human genome sequenced? | Peter Attia and Alex Aravanis

Peter Attia11m · 2024-02-23

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✓Well SupportedBy 2012, the cost of sequencing a whole genome had decreased to the order of low tens of thousands of dollars.◐Partially SupportedThe 'sequencing by synthesis' chemistry allows for precise and efficient cyclic sequencing, reading one base at a time across billions of DNA fragments simultaneously.◐Partially SupportedSequencing by synthesis enabled the majority of the world's genomics data.◐Partially SupportedSequencing a whole human genome means reading out the DNA code for an individual at each of the 3 billion base positions.Partially Supported

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Modern DNA sequencing uses a 2D format on a glass slide to sequence hundreds of millions to billions of DNA fragments simultaneously, unlike older methods using small glass tubes.

◐Partially SupportedThe first individual for whom a genome was sequenced was Craig Venter.