An accurate approximation to the distribution of the length of the longest matching word between two random DNA sequences
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instance of: scholarly article
title: An accurate approximation to the distribution of the length of the longest matching word between two random DNA sequences
zbMATH Open document ID: 0708.92016
DOI: 10.1007/BF02460808
author: R. F. Mott
author: R. N. Curnow
author: Thomas B. L. Kirkwood
published in: Bulletin of Mathematical Biology
publication date: 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 92D20
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 92C40
Mathematics Subject Classification ID: 60C05
zbMATH DE Number: 4164618
zbMATH Keywords: approximation
zbMATH Keywords: distribution of the length of the longest matching word
zbMATH Keywords: random DNA sequences
zbMATH Keywords: sequential similarities
zbMATH Keywords: non-independence of neighbouring bases
Wikidata QID: Q45120708
MaRDI profile type: Publication
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full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1007/bf02460808
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description: scientific article; zbMATH DE number 4164618