Genome Sequences as Media Files Towards Effective, Efficient, and functional Compression of Genomic Data

摘要

In the past decade, the cost of sequencing a human genome has evolved from millions of dollars to a few thousands of dollars. As a result of this exponential drop in cost, the amount of sequencing data is increasing exponentially (Guy Cochrane et al., 2013)(Yuichi Kodama et al., 2011). Doubling rates reach down to four months. As storage capacity per dollar doubles roughly every 18 months, the storage of genomic data is becoming a problem.