contig
Sign in to savethumb|Overlapping reads from paired-end sequencing form contigs; contigs and gaps of known length form Scaffolding (bioinformatics)|scaffolds.A contig (from contiguous) is a set of overlapping DNA segments that together represent a consensus region of DNA. In bottom-up sequencing projects, a contig refers to overlapping sequence data (reads); in top-down sequencing projects, contig refers to the overlapping clones that form a physical map of the genome that is used to guide sequencing and assembly. Contigs can thus refer both to overlapping DNA sequences and to overlapping physical segments (f
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Encyclopedic overview
8 sectionsContents
- Original definition of contig
- Sequence contigs
- BAC contigs
- Construction of BAC contigs
- Gaps between contigs
- See also
- References
- External links
thumb|Overlapping reads from paired-end sequencing form contigs; contigs and gaps of known length form Scaffolding (bioinformatics)|scaffolds.A contig (from contiguous) is a set of overlapping DNA segments that together represent a consensus region of DNA. In bottom-up sequencing projects, a contig refers to overlapping sequence data (reads); in top-down sequencing projects, contig refers to the overlapping clones that form a physical map of the genome that is used to guide sequencing and assembly. Contigs can thus refer both to overlapping DNA sequences and to overlapping physical segments (fragments) contained in clones depending on the context.
==Original definition of contig==
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