Mathematics of Genome Analysis

Erscheinungsjahr 2001
ISBN: 978-0-521-58526-2
Verlag: Cambridge University Press

Buch, Englisch, Band 17, 150 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm, Gewicht: 228 g

Reihe: Cambridge Studies in Mathematical Biology

The massive research effort known as the Human Genome Project is an attempt to record the sequence of the three trillion nucleotides that make up the human genome and to identify individual genes within this sequence. While the basic effort is of course a biological one, the description and classification of sequences also lend themselves naturally to mathematical and statistical modeling. This short textbook on the mathematics of genome analysis presents a brief description of several ways in which mathematics and statistics are being used in genome analysis and sequencing. It will be of interest not only to students but also to professional mathematicians curious about the subject.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Percus, Jerome K.

Fachgebiete

• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Angewandte Biologie Biomathematik
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften DNA und Transgene Organismen
• Naturwissenschaften Chemie Chemie Allgemein Chemometrik, Chemoinformatik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface; 1. Decomposing DNA; 2. Recomposing DNA; 3. Sequence statistics; 4. Sequence comparison; 5. Spatial structure and dynamics of DNA; Bibliography; Index.