what is scaffold

In shotgun sequencing, there is a term called scaffold and it seems that this component is made of contig. What I think here is that the contig is good enough for knowing the whole sequence of DNA, what is scaffold, why we need this term?

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written 8.9 years ago by mm521 •

Hello xxl774!

It helps to search biostars first (use google to search externally): What is the exact definition for scaffold?
Assembly vs scaffolding

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written 8.9 years ago by GenoMax

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