Minicontig
Definition & Meaning
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Minicontig is a noun meaning (genetics) A fragment of DNA whose content is known, especially one of many such overlapping fragments that are analyzed in gene mapping.
Meaning
(genetics) A fragment of DNA whose content is known, especially one of many such overlapping fragments that are analyzed in gene mapping.
Word Forms
- minicontigs
- mini-contig
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include minigenome, minisatellite, minitransgene, microindel, minivector, microvariant.
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