Nucleotide frequencies in human genome and Fibonacci numbers

Bulletin of Mathematical Biology

Volumn 70, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 643-653

  Yamagishi, Michel E Beleza ^a,b   Shimabukuro, Alex Itiro ^c  

^a EMBRAPA CERRADOS   (Brazil)

^b Centro Universitário Salesiano de São Paulo UNISAL   (Brazil)

^c PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DE CAMPINAS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chargaff's parity rules; Fibonacci numbers; Golden ratio; Nucleotide frequencies; Optimization problem; Repetitive sequences

Indexed keywords

NUCLEOTIDE; SINGLE STRANDED DNA;

ARTICLE; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; GENETICS; GENOME; HUMAN;

DNA, SINGLE-STRANDED; GENOME, HUMAN; HUMANS; MODELS, GENETIC; NUCLEOTIDES;

EID: 41049109821     PISSN: 00928240     EISSN: 15229602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11538-007-9261-6     Document Type: Article

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