The last years have been a time of exponential progress of sequencing methods. The beginning of the 21st closed a thirty-year domination of sequencing by the Sanger's method. Next generation technology resulted in a mass sequencing of the successive genomes. The time necessary to discover full genomes, as occurred for potato, was dramatically reduced.
Robert Gromadka, Pracownia Sekwencjonowania DNA i Syntezy Oligonukleotydow, Instytut Biochemii i Biofizyki PAN, ul. Pawinskiego 5A, 02-106 Warszawa, Poland