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  • Institution/s: Universidad de Saarbrücken, Universidad de Valladolid
  • Project: Diccionario Terminológico de Genética (Eurogene)
  • Identification number: 164
  • Subdomains: Studies of chromatin, Studies of DNA, Studies of RNA, Techniques
  • Author/s: Augustine Edith EMENE, Gloria GONZÁLEZ-CALERO, Paloma MOLLEDO PÉREZ, Rosa María FERRERAS LOZANO
  • Creation / modification date: 31-01-2014
  • Term: contig
  • Gramatical category: s
  • Definition: Group of DNA sequences that are overlapping or contiguous on the genome and which have been cloned to reconstruct the original sequence of a chromosome or a region of a chromosome.
  • Context: In this procedure, BAC clones from the contig to which the gene has been mapped are injected into fertilized mouse oocytes that are homozygous for a mutation in this gene.
  • Expression: 1. contig map, clone contig, 2. to assemble a contig, contig assembly
  • Weighting mark: nor
  • Sources:
    • Term: SEYFFERT, Wilhelm (Hrsg.) (2003). Lehrbuch der Genetik. Berlin: Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, 366.
    • Definition: JANNING, Wilfried, KNUST, Elisabeth (2008). Genetik. Allgemeine Genetik - Molekulare Genetik - Entwicklungsgenetik. Stuttgart: Georg Thieme Verlag, 304.
    • Context: SEYFFERT, Wilhelm (Hrsg.) (2003). Lehrbuch der Genetik. Berlin: Spektrum Akademischer Verlag, 1134.
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