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Contig

A contiguous sequence assembled from overlapping reads. Contigs are the building blocks of a genome assembly; longer contigs indicate better assembly quality.

Example in a sentence

The assembly had 5,000 contigs with an N50 of 1 Mb.

Key facts

  • Single contiguous stretch; no gaps.
  • N50 summarizes contig length distribution.

Category: Analysis Methods

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