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The presence of low copy-number repeats can also confound assembly, especially for whole-genome shotgun sequencing projects [ 1].
Owing to the nature of whole-genome shotgun (WGS) assembly, the 1,630 gaps present in the genome tended to occur at the sites of repetitive sequence [ 3]; gaps corresponding to transposable elements were filled with composite sequences (reflecting sequence reads from throughout the genome) rather than the actual sequence.
When he got out of prison and came around to where the family lived, Dan Burton, age 14, faced him down with a shotgun.
(They were apparently stolen from one of the boys' grandfathers, but, notes the Times , in Arkansas it is perfectly legal for an 11-year-old to own a rifle or shotgun.)
These fragments were also shotgun cloned and extensively sequenced, so that the depth of sequence reached an average of 12 reads over the area of greatest interest.