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CMS Krieger-Nelson Lecture / Conférence Krieger-Nelson de la SMC


PRISCILLA GREENWOOD, University of British Columbia
Random walk searches the Genome

Following the sequencing of the human genome announced last year, there is increased attention to the ``remaining'' problems, meaning essentially all questions about genome structure and function. Because genetic patterns are approximate, rather than exact, stochastic tools are appropriate to find and study them. In this talk I will describe how some familiar random structures facilitate the search for specific patterns in large genetic data banks. In particular I will explain how excursions of random walk are used to find approximately matching patterns. This is a fascinating emerging field which needs input from mathematicians.

 


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