Compression-based classification of biological sequences and structures via the Universal Similarity Metric: experimental assessment

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>Similarity of sequences is a key mathematical notion for Classification and Phylogenetic studies in Biology. It is currently primarily handled using alignments. However, the alignment methods seem inadequate for post-genomic studies...

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Main Authors: Manzini Giovanni, Greco Valentina, Giancarlo Raffaele, Ferragina Paolo, Valiente Gabriel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2007-07-01
Series:BMC Bioinformatics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2105/8/252

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