- 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: EMERY, A. (2009), Elementos de genética médica. Barcelona: Ed. Elsevier, 13ª Edición (revisión científica a cargo del Dr. Rafael Oliva Virgili).
- Definition: BROWN, T. (2007). Genomas. Madrid: Editorial médica panamericana.
- Context: PIERCE, B.J.(2010). Genética, un enfoque conceptual. Madrid: Editorial médica panamericana.
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