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kind: "claim"
title: "Identical UMIs on distinct reads from the same gene almost certainly originate from the same molecule."
description: ""
url: "https://sina.bio/claim/identical-umis-on-distinct-reads-from-the-same-gene-almost-certainly-or-60ade001"
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# Identical UMIs on distinct reads from the same gene almost certainly originate from the same molecule.

## Content

Identical UMIs on distinct reads from the same gene almost certainly originate from the same molecule.

## Metadata

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## Connections (1)

### Modular, efficient and constant-memory single-cell RNA-seq preprocessing

- ID: `version:modular-efficient-and-constant-memory-single-cell-rna-seq-preprocessing--2021-04-01-nature-biotechnology`
- Kind: `publication`
- Direction: `incoming`
- URL: <https://sina.bio/publication/modular-efficient-and-constant-memory-single-cell-rna-seq-preprocessing>

This publication contains this grounded claim.

> Furthermore, the fact that identical UMIs associated
> with distinct reads from the same gene are almost certainly reads
> from the same molecule (Fig. 1d) makes it possible, in principle,
> to design assignment algorithms for multi-mapping reads.

Source: 2021-04-01-nature-biotechnology.pdf — <https://sina.bio/source/2021-04-01-nature-biotechnology-pdf>