Sequencing Genomes
Contemporary technology makes it possible to completely
sequence entire genomes, that is, determine the sequence
of A’s, C’s, G’s, and T’s in the organism’s genome. The
first virus was sequenced in the 1980’s, the first
bacterium (Haemophilus influenzae) in 1995, the first
multicellular organism (Caenorhabditis elegans) in 1998.
The rough draft of the human genome was announced in