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editorial
. 2019 Aug 15;18:37–41. doi: 10.1016/j.isci.2019.06.035

Table 1.

Comparison of the Read Lengths, Error Rates, and Costs of Various DNA Sequencing Technologies

Technology Method Read Length Error Rate (%) Throughput
(GB/run)
Illumina Synthesis 100–300 bp 0.1 200–600
Pacific Biosciences
SMRT		 Synthesis 10–100 kb 5–15 10–20
Oxford Nanopore
MinION		 Nanopore Variable
(up to 1,000 kb)		 5–20 5–10