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Release Notes for the current verison of GenBank


GenBank Data
Year Base Pairs Sequences
1982
680,338
606
1983
2,274,029
2,427
1984
3,368,765
4,175
1985
5,204,420
5,700
1986
9,615,371
9,978
1987
15,514,776
14,584
1988
23,800,000
20,579
1989
34,762,585
28,791
1990
49,179,285
39,533
1991
71,947,426
55,627
1992
101,008,486
78,608
1993
157,152,442
143,492
1994
217,102,462
215,273
1995
384,939,485
555,694
1996
651,972,984
1,021,211
1997
1,160,300,687
1,765,847
1998
2,008,761,784
2,837,897
1999
3,841,163,011
4,864,570
2000
11,101,066,288
10,106,023
2001
15,849,921,438
14,976,310
2002
28,507,990,166
22,318,883
2003
36,553,368,485
30,968,418
 

Revised: May 4, 2004.