Representative Fingerprint Mapping and Shotgun Sequencing Projects
| Project description | Approximate L/G | Reference |
| Whole genome shotgun | 1.8 × 10−7 | Venter et al. (2001) |
| sequencing of complex organisms | 4.6 × 10−6 | Adams et al. (2000) |
| BAC clone fingerprinting of large genomes | 6.0 × 10−5 | McPherson et al. (2001) |
| Bacterial whole genome | 1.4 × 10−4 | Heidelberg et al. (2000) |
| shotgun sequencing | 2.6 × 10−4 | Fleischmann et al. (1995) |
| BAC clone fingerprinting | 7.7 × 10−4 | Mozo et al. (1999) |
| intermediate-size genomes | 8.5 × 10−4 | Chang et al. (2001) |
| BAC shotgun sequencing | 3.0 × 10−3 | IHGSC (2001) |
| BAC clone fingerprinting | 3.3 × 10−3 | Martin et al. (2002) |
| small genomes | 1.1 × 10−2 | Dewar et al. (1998) |
| 1.7 × 10−2 | Tomkins et al. (2001) | |
| 2.1 × 10−2 | Diaz-Perez et al. (1997) | |
| 3.0 × 10−2 | Zhu et al. (1999) |
[i] BAC, bacterial artificial chromosome.