Remember when sequencing the whole human genome was a big deal? Now so many have been done that it’s hard to keep them straight. Luckily, Eye on DNA has published a handy list!
Her readers added some additional notes in the comments, which I’ve noted in brackets here:
- Craig Venter
- James Watson
- Stephen Quake
- George Church
- Marjolein Kriek
- Hermann Hauser
- Han Chinese
- Seong-Jin Kim
- Korean AK1
- Yoruban African NA18507 [been sequenced twice, each with a different technology]
- 14 others sequenced by Complete Genomics
- Unknown number [at least 10] sequenced by Knome
- 6 genomes sequenced at high depth by the 1000 Genomes Project
- 180 genomes sequenced at low coverage by the 1000 Genomes Project
- Two acute myeloid leukemia patients

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