Question: Often when a genome sequence is first released to the public, it
is a called a “draft” genome. Re…
Often when a genome sequence is first released to the public, it
is a called a “draft” genome. Refer to your book, as well as Google
(or your favorite search engine) to read about the differences
between a “draft” genome sequence and a “finished” high quality
genome sequence. Which of the following are characteristics of
draft genomes? Check all that apply.
There may be some mistakes in the sequence, especially if the
number of sequencing reads that cover a particular region is
low.
There may be repeat regions (such as heterochromatin), where the
exact sequence (i.e., the number of repeats) could not be
determined.
The sequence could be complete, but some pieces are in the wrong
order or orientation (i.e., there is some misassembly.)
They may contain sequence gaps.
