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:

  1. Craig Venter
  2. James Watson
  3. Stephen Quake
  4. George Church
  5. Marjolein Kriek
  6. Hermann Hauser
  7. Han Chinese
  8. Seong-Jin Kim
  9. Korean AK1
  10. Yoruban African NA18507 [been sequenced twice, each with a different technology]
  11. 14 others sequenced by Complete Genomics
  12. Unknown number [at least 10] sequenced by Knome
  13. 6 genomes sequenced at high depth by the 1000 Genomes Project
  14. 180 genomes sequenced at low coverage by the 1000 Genomes Project
  15. Two acute myeloid leukemia patients