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Why are there “super”;s and chromosomes?

April 26, 2017chromosomes

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Why are there “super”;s and chromosomes?

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A “supercontig” (also known as a “super” or “scaffold”) is a reconstructed genomic region that may contain modest gaps whose size is approximately known. Most of these supercontigs have been placed into 10 chromosome-size chunks, representing 90% of the genome and 99% of protein-coding regions.