Intermittency as a universal characteristic of the complete chromosome DNA sequences of eukaryotes: from protozoa to human genomes

Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2011 Oct;84(4 Pt 1):042902. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.84.042902. Epub 2011 Oct 17.

Abstract

Large-scale dynamical properties of complete chromosome DNA sequences of eukaryotes are considered. Using the proposed deterministic models with intermittency and symbolic dynamics we describe a wide spectrum of large-scale patterns inherent in these sequences, such as segmental duplications, tandem repeats, and other complex sequence structures. It is shown that the recently discovered gene number balance on the strands is not of a random nature, and certain subsystems of a complete chromosome DNA sequence exhibit the properties of deterministic chaos.

MeSH terms

  • Base Sequence
  • Chromosome Mapping / methods*
  • Chromosomes / genetics*
  • Computer Simulation
  • DNA / genetics*
  • DNA, Protozoan / genetics*
  • Eukaryota / genetics*
  • Genome, Human / genetics*
  • Humans
  • Models, Genetic*
  • Molecular Sequence Data
  • Sequence Analysis, DNA / methods
  • Species Specificity

Substances

  • DNA, Protozoan
  • DNA