What does BP stand for? | Reads and Assemblies

Question

[Anonymous]

I cannot find a resource online that specifically states the definition of 'bp', regarding Reads lengths. What does it stand for and mean in context of Macrogenomics? Thanks

Answer 1

[ATpoint]

Basepairs

https://www.illumina.com/science/technology/next-generation-sequencing/plan-experiments/read-length.html

[Anonymous]

Thank you @ATpoint