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ArticleFrontiers in genetics2019

A Stochastic Phylogenetic Algorithm for Mitochondrial DNA Analysis.

M Corona-Ruiz, Francisco Hernandez-Cabrera, José Roberto Cantú-González, O González-Amezcua, Francisco Javier Almaguer

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Article in Frontiers in genetics, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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M Corona-RuizFacultad de Ciencias Físico-Matemáticas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico.
Francisco Hernandez-CabreraFacultad de Ciencias Físico-Matemáticas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico.
José Roberto Cantú-GonzálezEscuela de Sistemas PMRV, Unidad Acuña, Universidad Autónoma de Coahuila, Saltillo, Mexico.
O González-AmezcuaFacultad de Ciencias Físico-Matemáticas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico.
Francisco Javier AlmaguerFacultad de Ciencias Físico-Matemáticas, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, San Nicolás de los Garza, Mexico.

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Abstract

This paper presents an exploratory analysis of the mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) of 32 species in the subphylum Vertebrata, divided in 7 taxonomic classes. Multiple stochastic parameters, such as the Hurst and detrended fluctuation analysis (DFA) exponents, Shannon entropy, and Chargaff ratio are computed for each DNA sequence. The biological interpretation of these parameters leads to defining a triplet of novel indices. These new functions incorporate the long-range correlations, the probability of occurrence of nucleic bases, and the ratio of pyrimidines-to-purines. Results suggest that relevant regions in mtDNA can be located using the proposed indices. Furthermore, early results from clustering algorithms indicate that the indices introduced might be useful in phylogenetic studies.

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coefficient of disequilibriumdetrended fluctuation analysisDNAHurst exponentrandom-walkShannon entropy

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