Bill Browder went from being Russia's largest foreign investor to being blacklisted from that country. The CEO of Hermitage Capital Management, Browder was once a supporter of President Putin - that is until he was expelled from Russia in 2005 after being considered a threat to national security..
In bottom-up sequencing projects, a contig refers to overlapping sequence data (reads); in top-down sequencing projects, contig refers to the overlapping clones that form a physical map of the genome that is used to guide sequencing and assembly.
Definition of CONFIT. 1. : meat (as goose, duck, or pork) that has been cooked and preserved in its own fat.2. : a garnish made usually from fruit or vegetables that are cooked until tender in a seasoned liquid. ADVERTISEMENT.. : meat (as goose, duck, or pork) that has been cooked and preserved in its own fat. 2.