Why did the cost of sequencing genomes drop precipitously in the mid-late 2000s?   1. Fredrick Sanger invented DNA sequencing   2. Capillary electrophoresis was invented   3. "Deep sequencing" was invented   4. Computers became much faster

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Problem 15RQ: Whole-genome sequencing can be used for advances in: the medical field agriculture biofuels all of...
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Why did the cost of sequencing genomes drop precipitously in the mid-late 2000s?

  1.

Fredrick Sanger invented DNA sequencing

  2.

Capillary electrophoresis was invented

  3.

"Deep sequencing" was invented

  4.

Computers became much faster

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