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. 2010 Oct-Dec;2(4):15–30.

Table 4.

Personal genomes chronology

  Date of publication (submission) Person Journal Institution (country) Platform Cove­rage Number of SNPs (millions) Notes
1. 2007, October (9 May 2007) Craig Venter (m) PloS Biology, [83] J Craig Venter Institute (U.S.) ABI 3730xl 7.5 3.47  $10 mln
2. 2008, April (3 December 2007) James Due Watson (m) Nature [84] Baylor College of Medicine / 454 Life Sciences (U.S.) Roche / 454 7.4 3.32  $2 mln
3. 2008, November (28 May 2008) Caucasian American with acute myeloid leukemia (normal fibroblasts) (f) Nature [85] University of Washington (U.S.) Illumina 13.9 2.92 $1 mln
4. 2008, November (24 June 2008) Yoruba (NA18507) (m) Nature [86] Illumina / University of Cambridge (UK) Illumina 41 3.45 $250,000
5. 2008, November (21 August 2008) Chinese (Yanhuang, YH) (m) Nature [87] Beijing Genomic Institute (China) Illumina 36 3.07 $500,000
6. 2009, May (3 February 2009) Korean Seong-Jin Kim, SJK (m) Genome Research [89] Gachon University of Medicine and Science (Rep. of Korea) Illumina 29 3.44  
7. 2009, June (1 February 2009) Yoruba (NA18507) (m) Genome Research [90] Life Technologies (U.S.) ABI SOLiD 17.9 3.87  
8. 2009, August (6 March 2009) Korean, AK1 (m) Nature [91] Seoul National University (Rep. of Korea) Illumina 27.8 3.45  
9. 2009, August (10 June 2009) Steven Quake, Caucasoid USA, P0 (m) Nature Biotechnol [92] Stanford University (U.S.) Helicos SMS Heliscope 28 2.81 Sequence from 1 molecule $48,000
10. 2009, December Russian with kidney cancer (m) Acta Naturae, [93] RNC Kurchatov’s Institute (Russia) Illumina/ABI SOLiD 16 ?  
11. 2010, January (3 September 2009) Caucasoid (NA07022) (m) Science [94] Complete Genomics (USA) Complete Genomics DNA nanoarray 87 3.08 $8,000
12. 2010, January (3 September 2009) Yoruba (NA19240) (f) Science [94] Complete Genomics (U.S.) Complete Genomics DNA nanoarray 63 4.04 $3,400
13. 2010, January (3 September 2009) Caucasoid (NA20431) (f) Science [94] Complete Genomics (U.S.) Complete Genomics DNA nanoarray 45 2.91 $1,700
14. 2010, February (30 November 2009) Paleo-Eskimo, Saqqaq (м) Nature [95] University of Copenhagen / Beijing Genomic Institute (Denmark / China) Illumina 20 2.19 Ancient DNA (4000 years)
15. 2010, February (11 August 2009) Khoisan, KB1 (m) Nature [96] Pennsylvania State University (U.S.) Roche / 454 / Illumina 33.4 4.05  
16. 2010, February (11 August 2009) Bantu, ABT Archbishop Desmond Tutu (m) Nature [96] Pennsylvania State University ) ABI SOLiD / Illumina 37.2 3.62  
17. 2010, March Caucasoid, CMT1 patient (m) New Eng J Med [97] Baylor College of Medicine (U.S) ABI SOLiD 29.9 3.42  
18. 2010, March (7 January 2010) Pedigree #1, mother (Caucasoid, f) Science [98] Institute for System Biology / Complete Genomics (U.S.) Complete Genomics DNA nanoarray 51 2.87  
19. 2010, March (7 January 2010) Pedigree #1, father (Caucasoid, m) Science [98] Institute for System Biology / Complete Genomics (U.S.) Complete Genomics DNA nanoarray 88 3.16  
20. 2010, March (7 January 2010) Pedigree #1, daughter (Caucasoid, f, patient with Miller syndrome) Science [98] Institute for System Biology / Complete Genomics (U.S.) Complete Genomics DNA nanoarray 54 3.23  
21. 2010, March (7 January 2010) Pedigree #1, son (Caucasoid, m, patient with Miller syndrome) Science [98] Institute for System Biology / Complete Genomics (U.S.) Complete Genomics DNA nanoarray 52 3.23  
22 2010, September (10 April 2010) Irish Genome Biol [99] University College Dublin (Ireland) Illumina 11 3.12