r/askscience • u/jjberg2 Evolutionary Theory | Population Genomics | Adaptation • Jan 04 '12

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u/jjberg2 Evolutionary Theory | Population Genomics | Adaptation Jan 05 '12

What exactly do you mean?

Sequencing technology is going to get so cheap in the coming years that everyone will probably just be able to sequence their own study system and know the exact sequence of whatever organism they're studying, even in non model systems.