On: DNA sequencing progress has stagnated

[mbreese]

It does... the graph is price per megabase, not per read.

(or at least, it's supposed to)

But, I don't think the plot is all that accurate anymore though... given the cost/GB and raw capacity of the newer Novaseq's, the cost per individual experiment is just as much a function of how multiplexed the machine can run.

[sp332 → mbreese]

Read length improves read quality, especially for sequences with lots of repetition. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15534325

[mbreese → sp332]

Mappable sequence isn't what is being measured here... it's just $/Mbase