assembler
- noun
- /əˈsɛmblər/
- Specialized
:
ensamblador genómico
- The new genomic assembler was able to piece together the complete DNA sequence from multiple short reads.
Examples
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As the assumptions made in the coding of different assemblers may interact differently with the particular patterns of genome structure and diversity present in a target.
Academic text (2017) -
Adding the long reads from PacBio doubled the contig connectivity over the current state-of-the-art ALLPATHS-LG assembler and mate-pair recommendations.
Blog text (5) -
She looked back at the assembler machine that had just reconstituted her.
Fiction book (2001) -
We also found marked differences between assemblers, even those based on the same underlying algorithm.
Academic text (2017) -
We're going to talk about overlap layout consensus assemblers as exemplified by a string graph assembler.
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Researchers rely on advanced assemblers to accurately reconstruct genomes from fragmented sequencing data.
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Using this assembler, scientists successfully created a full genetic map of the organism.
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Etymology
The word assembler comes from the verb assemble, from an old Latin root simul meaning 'together'. In genomics, an assembler 'joins' thousands of short DNA reads like pieces of a puzzle to rebuild longer DNA sequences.
