FINDING UNUSUAL WORDS IN DNA SEQUENCES |
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| INTRODUCTION | |
| Introduction | |
| DNA sequences and words | |
| Models for DNA sequences | |
| Example of an exceptional word | |
| STATISTICAL METHODS | |
| Introduction | |
| Gaussian approximation of the count | |
| Periodic structure of the words | |
| Compound Poisson approximation of the count | |
| Chen-Stein method | |
| Choice of the model | |
| Choice of the approximation | |
| EXAMPLES | |
| Exceptional 2-letter words | |
| Comparison of exceptional words under two models | |
| Exceptionality of a word and its subwords | |
| How a pyramid is coloured | |
| Comparison of exceptional words in two sequences | |
| Comparison of exceptional words on two phases | |
| CONCLUSION | |
| Summary | |
| APPLICATION SOFTWARE | |
| Available software | |
| FURTHER APPLICATIONS AND EXTENSIONS | |
| Some specific applications | |
| Finding homogeneous regions in DNA sequences | |
References |
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| Glossary | |