How Much Sequence Data Will the Data Banks Be Processing in the Near Future

摘要

It is widely recognized that the large-scale nucleotide sequence data banks have had a difficult time keeping abreast of the immense volume (and associated complexity) of sequence data over the past five years. Concern over this problem is compounded by the general predictions that have circulated suggesting that there will be an even greater flood of data in the near future. We present a brief picture of the time-course of appearance of nucleotide sequence data over the past 15 years based on information drawn from the GenBank database, and then use several alternative prediction models to project quantitatively the growth of sequence data over the period 1988-2005. (ERA citation 12:034450)