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Theoretical models for heterogeneity of base composition in DNA
- Source :
- Journal of Theoretical Biology. 45:533-553
- Publication Year :
- 1974
- Publisher :
- Elsevier BV, 1974.
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Abstract
- Data on DNA base composition heterogeneity and molecular size, mainly from bacteria, are compiled from the literature. A series of theoretical models of increasing complexity is put forward, and it is concluded that the data support a model in which the DNA consists of a sequence of “segments” with different underlying base compositions. Estimates of mean segment length and variance of G + C content are made. The possibility that the excess heterogeneity above random results from variation in the composition of coded proteins is considered and rejected. It is concluded that the heterogeneity is probably caused by variations in the relative use of synonymous codons in different genes.
- Subjects :
- DNA, Bacterial
Statistics and Probability
Guanine
Genotype
Theoretical models
Biology
General Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology
Cytosine
chemistry.chemical_compound
Bacterial Proteins
Molecular size
Centrifugation, Density Gradient
Escherichia coli
Amino Acid Sequence
Base (exponentiation)
Gene
Probability
Sequence (medicine)
Genetics
Base Sequence
General Immunology and Microbiology
Applied Mathematics
DNA
General Medicine
Composition (combinatorics)
C content
Models, Structural
Streptococcus pneumoniae
chemistry
Genetic Code
Evolutionary biology
Modeling and Simulation
Nucleic Acid Conformation
General Agricultural and Biological Sciences
Bacillus subtilis
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 00225193
- Volume :
- 45
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Journal of Theoretical Biology
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....f3d90a819b7cffc3ae382ca2d5e14720