MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., Feb. 3, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Complete Genomics Inc. (Nasdaq:GNOM), a complete human genome sequencing company that has developed and commercialized an innovative DNA sequencing platform, announced today that it is providing the research community with access to 60 complete, high-coverage human genome sequences. The company introduced its new public genomic repository at the annual Advances in Genome Biology and Technology (AGBT) meeting in Marco Island, Fla. These genomes have on average more than 55x mapped read coverage, and the sequencing of these 60 genomes generated more than 12.2 terabases (Tb) of total mapped reads. This dataset will complement other publicly available whole genome data sets, such as the 1000 Genomes Project’s recent publication of six high-coverage and 179 low-coverage human genomes. Complete Genomics has data for 40 genomes currently available for download from its corporate website, and the remaining 20 genomes will be released by the end of March 2011.
