The phrase "a minimal depth of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing measurements, requirements, or specifications that indicate the least amount of depth needed for something.
Example: "The construction project requires a minimal depth of 10 feet for the foundation to ensure stability."
Alternatives: "a minimum depth of" or "the least depth of".
This indicates that the deployment of vertical arrays of trays with a minimal depth of 1.0 m may efficiently utilize the water column to grow out juvenile C. virginica.
To trigger only a minimal unspecific physiological stimulus, sham acupuncture is applied with a minimal depth of needling (not exceeding 5 mm), avoiding real acupoints.
Sequencing on each the SOLiD and Genome Analyzer platforms was completed independently, with assembly algorithms each requiring a minimal depth of 3 reads in order to confirm an allele call.
The libraries were sequenced with paired-end (2 × 100 bp) runs using Illumina HiSeq 2500 sequencers to a minimal depth of 30× base coverage (average depth of ∼36.9× base coverage).
> -wrap-foot> Here, we should note that these classifications should be considered as a minimal depth of conservation, as orthologs might be found by scanning additional species, different evolutionary groups, or finished genomes as they become available.
The libraries were sequenced with paired-end (2 × 100 bp) runs using Illumina HiSeq 2500 sequencers to a minimal depth of 30 x base coverage (average depth of ∼36.9 x base coverage).
Assuming that five reads is a minimal depth to reliably determine the sequence of a haploid genome (K eightley et al. 2009), we see in Figure 3B that >97.8% of ycnbwsp_3-HE and 96.7% of ycnbwsp_2 are covered with five or more reads.
Hence, we have Foreman describing Net-geners (and let them not take the rap for us all, we are all doing this!) as pancake people -- able to cover and have access to enormous ranges of information yet having minimal depth of knowledge within.
Variants were called using bcftools and then filtered using vcfutils varFilter (minimal depth of 8, maximal depth of 100, Phred scores of SNP call ≥ 30, and no indel present within a 2 bp window) as previously reported [ 6].
We considered all sites with mapping and base quality phred scores of ≥30, and a minimal sequence depth of 10 as high-quality base pairs (bphiqual).
In addition, we further considered sites showing a minimal sequencing depth of 3 and calculated the proportion of these with >50% base agreement among reads.
