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Figure 1. Cost versus sequences deposited. Sources: genomes.gov & NCBI. Amount of sequence deposited doubles roughly every 18 months and this is likely to accelerate as long-read technologies further mature. Red: Cost to sequence a Mbp of DNA; Black: individual sequences directly deposited into Genbank; Grey: WGS sequence data deposited (April 2002); WGS: whole-genome sequencing.