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by Animats 3366 days ago
Since 23andme maps your whole genome...

They don't go that far. A full genome sequencing costs around $2900 as of 2015. (Which is amazing, since the first one cost billions.) Maybe $1000 with the new Illumina HiSeq X Ten sequencing system. Data from a full genome sequencing is about 80GB. (Opportunity here for specialized compression - 98% of the genome for humans is the same.)

23andme is testing for about 100,000 known patterns using a much simpler approach for about a tenth of the price.

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Where can I get my full genome sequenced?
Lots of places. Genomics Personalized Health in Santa Monica offers the service to individuals for $2500.[1] Includes cloud storage for the data. They have a list of medical consultants who can help interpret the data; they just give you the bits.

List of service providers.[2]

[1] https://genomicspersonalizedhealth.com/ [2] https://www.scienceexchange.com/services/whole-genome-seq