Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!uunet!ig!daemon From: daemon@ig.UUCP Newsgroups: bionet.molbio.news Subject: CSLG|COMMENTARY: from Ellis Golub (7) Message-ID: <4266@ig.ig.com> Date: Tue, 1-Dec-87 14:49:04 EST Article-I.D.: ig.4266 Posted: Tue Dec 1 14:49:04 1987 Date-Received: Sat, 5-Dec-87 13:19:54 EST Sender: daemon@presto.ig.com Lines: 15 From: Sunil MaulikComputer Applications in the Sequencing of Large Genomes The recent major advances in molecular biology have demonstrated that future progress in this discipline cannot occur without coordinate development of computer methods for data storage, data retrieval and analysis. We stand now on the threshold of a new age where the volume and density of data can be expected to increase by at least three orders of magnitude. In large part, how this data is managed will determine whether the large genome sequencing project will be worth the effort. -------