TY - JOUR
T1 - Fractality of dna texts
AU - Borovik, Anatoly S.
AU - Grosberg, Alexander Yu
AU - Frankkamenetskii, Maxim D.
PY - 1994/12
Y1 - 1994/12
N2 - By performing several statistical tests, we confirm that long-range correlations exist and are typical for long eukaryotic DNA sequences. Different types of “critical exponents” for charac-terization of DNA fractality are discussed. As to possible explanation of the phenomenon, our computer simulations indicate that simple mosaic structure of genome, without correlations between blocks, cannot be solely accounted for the observed statistical properties of DNA texts. We propose the concept of “fractal patchiness”, which fully explains statistical observations, and shed light on the possible origin of long-range correlations in DNA sequences.
AB - By performing several statistical tests, we confirm that long-range correlations exist and are typical for long eukaryotic DNA sequences. Different types of “critical exponents” for charac-terization of DNA fractality are discussed. As to possible explanation of the phenomenon, our computer simulations indicate that simple mosaic structure of genome, without correlations between blocks, cannot be solely accounted for the observed statistical properties of DNA texts. We propose the concept of “fractal patchiness”, which fully explains statistical observations, and shed light on the possible origin of long-range correlations in DNA sequences.
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U2 - 10.1080/07391102.1994.10508765
DO - 10.1080/07391102.1994.10508765
M3 - Article
C2 - 7727064
AN - SCOPUS:0028588003
SN - 0739-1102
VL - 12
SP - 655
EP - 669
JO - Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics
JF - Journal of Biomolecular Structure and Dynamics
IS - 3
ER -