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Statistical bioinformatic methods in microbial genome analysis
Author(s) -
Liò Pietro
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
bioessays
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.175
H-Index - 184
eISSN - 1521-1878
pISSN - 0265-9247
DOI - 10.1002/bies.10231
Subject(s) - genome , computational biology , biology , genomics , phylogenetic tree , comparative genomics , gene , genome biology , genetics
It is probable that, increasingly, genome investigations are going to be based on statistical formalization. This review summarizes the state of art and potentiality of using statistics in microbial genome analysis. First, I focus on recent advances in functional genomics, such as finding genes and operons, identifying gene conversion events, detecting DNA replication origins and analysing regulatory sites. Then I describe how to use phylogenetic methods in genome analysis and methods for genome‐wide scanning for positively selected amino acids. I conclude with speculations on the future course of genome statistical modeling. BioEssays 25:266–273, 2003. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.