DNA Sequencing Complete in Record Time!

Darkfrog submitted, created time 8 months 3 weeks (www.nature.com)

Dr. Watson, I presume? Although criticisms remain -- largely that the small fragments into which the man's genome was snipped might not have been reassembled properly -- a full genome in only four months is plenty to crow about.

Watson's genome is not the first to be sequenced. We may recall that J. Craig Venter's was as well, but Venter's project cost US$100 million and Watson's only $1.5 million.

What strikes me about this article is that it's the first time I've seen any reference to an X-Prize for sequencing

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Scientists Complete Sequencing Red Flour Beetle Genome

Sue Wu submitted, created time 9 months 2 weeks (www.grainnet.com)

Scientists have completed sequencing the entire genetic blueprint of a key agricultural pest: the red flour beetle.

This accomplishment is a "first" for any beetle.

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