Estimation of duplication history under a stochastic model for tandem repeats

Abstract Background Tandem repeat sequences are common in the genomes of many organisms and are known to cause important phenomena such as gene silencing and rapid morphological changes. Due to the presence of multiple copies of the same pattern in tandem repeats and their high variability, they con...

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Main Authors: Farzad Farnoud, Moshe Schwartz, Jehoshua Bruck
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2019-02-01
Series:BMC Bioinformatics
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Online Access:http://link.springer.com/article/10.1186/s12859-019-2603-1