sequence assembly

noun

The aligning and merging of fragments from a longer DNA sequence in order to reconstruct the original sequence.

Meanings

nounsequence assembly (plural sequence assemblies)

plural sequence assemblies

  1. bioinformaticsThe aligning and merging of fragments from a longer DNA sequence in order to reconstruct the original sequence.

Translations

French assemblage
  • assemblagealigning and merging of DNA fragments
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