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N50

A metric of assembly quality: the length of the shortest contig or scaffold such that 50% of the assembly is in contigs of that length or longer. Higher N50 generally means better assembly.

Example in a sentence

The assembly N50 was 500 kb.

Key facts

  • 50% of assembly in contigs ≥ N50.
  • Larger N50 = better continuity.

Category: Analysis Methods

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