Read mapping
http://edamontology.org/operation_3198
Align short oligonucleotide sequences (reads) to a larger (genomic) sequence.
Synonyms: Short read mapping, Short sequence read mapping, Short oligonucleotide alignment, Read alignment, Short read alignment, Oligonucleotide alignment, Oligonucleotide alignment generation, Oligonucleotide alignment construction, Oligonucleotide mapping
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The purpose of read mapping is to identify the location of sequenced fragments within a reference genome and assumes that there is, in fact, at least local similarity between the fragment and reference sequences.