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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: EMERY, A.E.H. y MUELLER, R.F. (1992) Elements of Medical Genetics, Churchill Livingstone: New York. 8th Edition.
    • Definition: SMITH EWING, E., WELLONS, H. B. (2007) Biotechnology and the law. USA: American Bar Association. [Online] Available at: http://books.google.es/books?id=hkJLJenURnIC&pg=PA15&dq=contig+genetic+code&hl=es&sa=X&ei=oiuAUaj8EoeJ7Ab_yYC4DA&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=contig&f=false [Accessed 30 April 2013] ; KEATS, J. B., POPPER, A., N.; RICHARD R. F. (2002) Genetics and Auditory Disorders. USA: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. [Online] Available at: http://books.google.es/books?id=Mzz0am9FsSEC&pg=PA18&dq=contig+genetic+code&hl=es&sa=X&ei=oiuAUaj8EoeJ7Ab_yYC4DA&ved=0CEIQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=contig&f=false [Accessed 30 April 2013] ; U.S. National Library of Medicine (2013) Genetics Home Reference: Your Guide to Understanding Genetic Conditions. Glossary. [Online] Available at: http://ghr.nlm.nih.gov/glossary=contig [Accessed 29 April 2013]
    • Context: KEATS, J. B., POPPER, A. N., RICHARD R. F. (2002) Genetics and Auditory Disorders. USA: Springer-Verlag New York Inc. [Online] Available at: http://books.google.es/books?id=Mzz0am9FsSEC&pg=PA18&dq=contig+genetic+code&hl=es&sa=X&ei=oiuAUaj8EoeJ7Ab_yYC4DA&ved=0CEIQ6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=contig&f=false [Accessed 30 April 2013]
    • Expression: 1 STRACHAN, T., READ, A. P. (2004) Human Molecular Genetics Three. New Dheli: Garland Publishing [Online] Available at: http://books.google.es/books?id=g4hC63UrPbUC&pg=PA217&dq=contig+map&hl=es&sa=X&ei=QemAUYmpJYuA7QaAq4GQCg&ved=0CD0Q6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=contig%20map&f=false [Accessed 30 April 2013] 2 BROWN, T. A. (2010) Gene Cloning and DNA Analysis: An introduction. 6th Ed. [Online] Available at: http://books.google.es/books?id=Ju8XeJL9Fc4C&pg=PA102&dq=cosmid&hl=es&sa=X&ei=qdGAUdiKIcLC7AaCkYDgDw&ved=0CFQQ6AEwBg#v=onepage&q=contig&f=false [Accessed 29 April 2013]
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