3 ms·

This doesn't take the increase of read lengths into account, which also is of value, not only pure read depth.

• mbreese 7y ago
  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 7y ago
    Read length improves read quality, especially for sequences with lots of repetition. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15534325 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=15534325
    • mbreese 7y ago
      Mappable sequence isn't what is being measured here... it's just $/Mbase