Sanger sequencing
Comparisons to other sequencing techniques
Columns: Technology | Analysis Time | Average Read Length | Throughput (including analysis) | Gel Pouring
Slab Gel | 6–8 hours | 700bp | 67.2 kb/hr | Yes | Capillary Array Electrophoresis | 1–3 hours | 700bp | 166 kb/hr | No | Microchip | 6–30 minutes | 430bp | 660 kb/hr | No | 454/Roche FLX | 4 hours | 200-300bp | 20-30 Mb/hr | No | Illumina/Solexa | 2–3 days | 30-100bp | 20 Mb/hr | No | ABI/SOLiD | 8 days | 35bp | 5-15 Mb/hr | No