contig
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- noun
- /ˈkɒntɪɡ/
- Specialized
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contig
- The scientist explained that a contig is formed when overlapping sections of DNA are pieced together during sequencing.
- 8 contigs
- contigs were generated
Examples
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The edited database produced 2,854 contigs and encompassed 1,050 Mbp.
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And then what we find is that for each contig, we have many reads, and we're going to take those reads and we're going to look at them.
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Each was selected as a single path through each of the 2,854 contigs.
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In addition, homoeologous regions that might cause separate contigs to coalesce were detected in several ways.
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Hopefully, the HSVs among contigs from duplicated regions can be used to separate clone sets from different regions.
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The final draft assembly spans 59,468,623 bases and includes 191 contigs >500 bp.
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Plates 1–8 contained clones from the contigs belonging to the single copy regions of the genome.
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During the genome project, researchers identified over 2,000 contigs that represented various overlapping DNA fragments.
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For the analysis, we assembled the DNA into contigs to better understand the genetic makeup of the organism.
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Etymology
Contig is short for contiguous and comes from Latin con- ('with') and tangere ('to touch'). So, in genetics a contig is a continuous stretch of DNA made by joining fragments that 'touch' each other.