The summary article this week was very helpful to understand the information in the full article as well as its significance. This is especially necessary considering the information being covered is about 26 years old from the publish date.

I think the most interesting thing to me was the length of time it took to sequence genomes and the cost involved. Our technology now is exponentially faster and more cost effective, but we would not be where we are today without predecessor tech like the ones discussed in these papers.

Another cool thing is seeing how computing helped to really push genome sequencing forward. I think this trend will continue for ever. As technology improves we will continue to see advancements in scientific techniques as a whole.