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Calculating an N50 from Velvet output

November 25, 2008
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Calculating an N50 from Velvet output

In sequencing circles the N50 length is a useful heuristic for judging the quality of an assembly. Here is my definition of N50 length, which you may or may not find intuitive:N50 length is the length of the shortest contig such that the sum of contigs...

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