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low sequence complexity - (Mar/12/2011 )

What does low sequence complexity mean after bisulfite conversion?

-Boba-

After bisulfite conversion, all unmethylated cytosines and non-CpG cytosines become uracil and then thymidine upon PCR, so the sequence is extremely cytosine depleted and contains many long stretches of thymidines, a feature known as low complexity.

-pcrman-

thank you!

-Boba-