Contig

Contig
Refers to longer fragments of DNA built from short fragments, e.g., a long contiguous DNA sequence assembled from shotgun sequencing.
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A genetic map depicting the relative order of a linked (contiguous) library of small overlapping clones representing a complete chromosomal segment.
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A chromosome map showing the locations of those regions of a chromosome where contiguous DNA segments overlap.
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Contiguous gene syndrome
Syndrome due to abnormalities of 2 or more genes that map next to each other on a chromosome; most often caused by a deletion that involves several contiguous genes.
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Contig: Group of clones representing overlapping regions of a genome.
Contig map: A map depicting the relative order of a linked library of small overlapping clones representing a complete chromosomal segment.
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CONTIG - A series of two or more individual DNA sequence determinations that overlap. In a sequencing project the contigs get larger and larger until the gaps between the contigs are filled in.
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Contig: Several uses, all nouns. The term comes from a shortening of the word ‘contiguous'.
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Contig
A set of DNA fragments that overlap to yield a continuous sequence without gaps.
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Contig map: A map depicting the relative order of a linked library of small overlapping clones representing a complete chromosomal segment.
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contiguity The association of events in time with particular reference here to classical conditioning.
continental boundary current A surface ocean current flowing generally north or south along a continental edge.
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(See Promoter.) Contiguous (contig) map. The alignment of sequence data from large, adjacent regions of the genome to produce a continuous nucleotide sequence across a chromosomal region. (See Mapping.) Copy DNA. See cDNA. Cross-hybridization.
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Contiguous genes -- genes physically close on a chromosome that when acting together express a phenotype.
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Cline: a series of contiguous populations that exhibit gradual and continuous change of character in response to some environmental gradient.
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At one end of the tRNAs three contiguous nucleotides, the anticodon, specifically base pair with only a specific subset of codon triplets. The opposite ends have a place for covalent attachment of an amino acyl residue.
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RNA secondary structure is generally divided into helices (contiguous base pairs), and various kinds of loops (unpaired nucleotides surrounded by helices).
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The expansion of Interspecies Selection and Intraspecies Selection is a driving force behind species fission; the separation of a single contiguous species into multiple non-contiguous variants.
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Alaska is the only state that is both in North America and not part of the 48 contiguous states. Alaska is the largest state in the United States in terms of land area, 570,374 square miles (1,477,261 km²).
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Surprisingly, in addition to commonly accepted structures with a single, contiguous heptad repeat, we identified sequences with multiple, offset heptad repeats.
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An electrical synapse is what is often called a "gap junction," in which the membranes of two neurons are continuous at tiny spots, making the cells electrically contiguous.
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