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.