但是从那时此,技术水平得到了显著的提升:现在只需八天和10000美元就进行一次人类基因组测序成为了可能。
The technology has improved enormously since then: it is now possible to sequence a human genome in about eight days, at a cost of around $10,000.
当花了好几个年头,第一次测出人类基因组的百分之一时,他们操心自己永远完不成测序,但他们的工作进展很快就呈现出指数曲线性。
When it took years to sequence the first 1 percent of the human genome, they worried they'd never finish, but they were right on schedule for an exponential curve.
一些研究人员提倡“鸟枪法”——将整个基因组切成片段,然后一次性对所有的片段进行测序与汇编——但是可获得的计算机无法胜任这个任务。
Some researchers favored a shotgun approach-cutting up whole genomes, then sequencing and assembling them all at once-but available computers weren't up to the task.
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