A standard deviation based quantification differentiates coding from non-coding DNA sequences and gives insight to their evolutionary history

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 196, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 297-308

  Almirantis, Yannis ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF NANOSCIENCE AND NANOTECHNOLOGY   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DNA;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; DNA SEQUENCE; EVOLUTION; GENETIC CODE; PRIORITY JOURNAL;

EID: 0033531330     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jtbi.1998.0840     Document Type: Article

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