Scenario using the lowest-fidelity processes analyzed in the paper, including aging for one half-life (about 100 years at 10°C).
- Synthesis: electrochemical synthesis, poor homogeneity
- PCR: 50 cycles total with Taq polymerase and poor efficiency bias
- Aging: one half-life of decay at 10x coverage
- Sequencing: 150 nt paired-end SBS, 50x sequencing depth