July 5, 2012
The genome is big. Really big.
And to prove it, Yonder Biology is streaming the genome over the course of a year. As you may remember from earlier posts, there are about 30 million seconds in a year, and 3 billion bases in the genome, so that comes to 100 bases per second for the entire year. (via)
Thomas Lumley (@tslumley) is Professor of Biostatistics at the University of Auckland. His research interests include semiparametric models, survey sampling, statistical computing, foundations of statistics, and whatever methodological problems his medical collaborators come up with. He also blogs at Biased and Inefficient See all posts by Thomas Lumley »