Does anyone know the difference between unitig and contig? So far I found only this answer from Internet (https://www.quora.com/What-is-a-unitig-How-does-it-differ-from-a-contig) but unfortunately it does not convince me.
I appreciate your feedback.
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Maybe this information help:
A contig consists of a set of reads, a layout that includes all the reads and leaves no gaps, a multiple sequence alignment of the reads, and a consensus sequence. contigs consist of one or more unitigs. Note the consensus may contain (small) gaps spanned by reads even though the layout includes no (0X) gaps.
A unitig is a special kind of contig. Ideally, it is fully consistent with all the data including reads, overlaps, and mate constraints. Unitigs can only be consistent with most of the data.
A unitig is a high-confidence contig. Maximal unitigs should contain either unique sequence up to repeat boundaries, with less than a read-length of repeat on each end, or nearly the full extent of a genomic repeat.
Thank you Ingrid, this is exactly the same answer I attached the link in my question.
In fact, I found a better one in PacBio manual. I attach it in case of anybody has interest to check it.
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