Is a genome a codeword of an error-correcting code?

Since a genome is a discrete sequence, the elements of which belong to a set of four letters, the question as to whether or not there is an error-correcting code underlying DNA sequences is unavoidable. The most common approach to answering this question is to propose a methodology to verify the exi...

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Main Authors: Luzinete C B Faria, Andréa S L Rocha, João H Kleinschmidt, Márcio C Silva-Filho, Edson Bim, Roberto H Herai, Michel E B Yamagishi, Reginaldo Palazzo
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3359345?pdf=render