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🧬 A DNA sequence 🔗 Touching or connected 💾 A data section
contig

contig

9.3
A continuous block of memory or disk that holds a file
  • noun
  • /ˈkɒntɪɡ/
  • Specialized
translation icon : bloque contiguo
  • To optimize memory usage, it's crucial to maintain contigs without fragmentation.

Examples

  • The software organizes the large data files into contigs for more efficient storage.

  • Ironically, improvements for contig building methods will result from the whole genome sequence!

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  • Analysis of the BESs from B47P08 in contig 321 from an unduplicated region.

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  • The molecular genetic map for the soybean genome can be improved further through several approaches including (i) addition of BES markers to the available genetic map, (ii) bioinformatics analysis of contig data, and (iii) the use of novel approaches to error detection.

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  • Each contig in the assembly represents a continuous stretch of DNA that has been sequenced.

Synonyms

multiblock
vscontig
  • Specialized
7.1

A group of data blocks managed together as one unit by a computer

stores data in one unbroken block rather than in multiple managed blocks

Surface Forms

contig singular
contigs plural

Etymology

Contig comes from Latin con- ('with') and tangere ('to touch'), like in the familiar word contact. That's why in computing a contig is a block of storage kept 'touching' in one continuous piece for faster access.