Forcing reversibility in the no strand-bias substitution model allows for the theoretical and practical identifiability of its 5 parameters from pairwise DNA sequence comparisons

dc.creatorZagordi, O.
dc.creatorLobry, J. R.
dc.date2004-12-15
dc.date2004-12-16
dc.date.accessioned2026-07-07T05:58:49Z
dc.date.available2026-07-07T05:58:49Z
dc.descriptionBecause of the base pairing rules in DNA, some mutations experienced by a portion of DNA during its evolution result in the same substitution, as we can only observe differences in coupled nucleotides. Then, in the absence of a bias between the two DNA strands, a model with at most 6 different parameters instead of 12 is sufficient to study the evolutionary relationship between homologous sequences derived from a common ancestor. On the other hand the same symmetry reduces the number of independent observations which can be made. Such a reduction can in some cases invalidate the calculation of the parameters. A compromise between biologically acceptable hypotheses and tractability is introduced and a five parameter reversible no-strand-bias condition (RNSB) is presented. The identifiability of the parameters under this model is shown by examples.
dc.description12 pages, 4 figures, corrected typos
dc.identifierhttps://arxiv.org/abs/q-bio/0412028
dc.identifierhttp://arxiv.org/abs/q-bio/0412028
dc.identifierGene, Volume 347 (2) 175-182 (2005)
dc.identifierdoi:10.1016/j.gene.2004.12.019
dc.identifier.urihttp://salesiana.dossiersoluciones.com/handle/123456789/88504
dc.subjectPopulations and Evolution
dc.titleForcing reversibility in the no strand-bias substitution model allows for the theoretical and practical identifiability of its 5 parameters from pairwise DNA sequence comparisons
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