text: user8867: E.g. bowhead whale genome has X contigs and Y scaffolds, but couldn't these easily be different numbers?
  
  user77: This is purely arbitrary and an artifact of how well the assembly turned out. Better quality assemblies with have fewer and longer contigs.
  
original_text: 8867: <p>E.g. bowhead whale genome has X contigs and Y scaffolds, but couldn't these easily be different numbers?</p>
   77: <p>This is purely arbitrary and an artifact of how well the assembly turned out. Better quality assemblies with have fewer and longer contigs.</p>
  