contig

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Definition of contig in English English dictionary

A set of overlapping DNA segments, derived from a single source of genetic material, from which the complete sequence may be deduced

Sequences of clones, representing overlapping regions of a gene, presented as an assembly or multiple alignment

A series of contiguous, overlapping, cloned DNA fragments

This is short for contiguous sequence When two sequences overlap at their ends (known as a "dove tail" overlap) The sequences can be collapsed into a single, non-redundant sequence Read more about contigs references: Jang W et al (1999) Making effective use of human genomic sequence data Trends Genet 15(7): 284-6 Kent WJ and Haussler D (2001) Assembly of the working draft of the human genome with GigAssembler Genome Res 11(9): 1541-8 Agarwala R et al (Manuscript in preparation)

A contiguous region of DNA sequence constructed by aligning many sequence "reads" (one "read" is the data generated from one sequencing reaction)

1 A physical map of contiguous genomic DNA assembled using overlapping cloned segments (see STS) 2 A contiguous DNA sequence assembled using overlapping DNA sequences

A DNA sequence that overlaps with another contig The full set of overlapping sequences (contigs) can be put together to obtain the sequence for a long region of DNA that cannot be sequenced in one run in a sequencing assay

A group of cloned pieces of DNA representing overlapping regions of a chromosome

Group of cloned (copied) pieces of DNA representing overlapping regions of a particular chromosome

A chromosome map showing the locations of those regions of a chromosome where contiguous DNA segments overlap Contig maps are important because they provide the ability to study a complete, and often large segment of the genome by examining a series of overlapping clones which then provide an unbroken succession of information about that region