The entropy characters of point mutation

The biological diversity, which depends on the genetic material DNA, is the foundation for a species to survive and evolve. The entropy is the best measurement of biological diversity. Based on the single-parameter and the two-parameter models, here we established some differential equations about t...

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Veröffentlicht in:Chinese science bulletin 2008-10, Vol.53 (19), p.3008-3015
Hauptverfasser: Ma, GuoJi, Liang, LiJing, Fan, YanHui, Wang, WenJuan, Dai, JiaQing, Yuan, ZhiFa
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Zusammenfassung:The biological diversity, which depends on the genetic material DNA, is the foundation for a species to survive and evolve. The entropy is the best measurement of biological diversity. Based on the single-parameter and the two-parameter models, here we established some differential equations about the point mutation of a DNA sequence with finite length, as well as some functions describing the processes of the variation in quantities of 4 kinds of bases (A, T, G and C) in the DNA sequence. At the molecular level, we discussed the entropy characteristics of point mutation. The results proved that a species maintained its entropy and evolved in the direction of the increasing biological diversity. In order to testify the theoretical results, we did a series of computer simulations of random point mutation in Matlab environment. The results were well consistent with the theoretical researches.
ISSN:1001-6538
2095-9273
1861-9541
2095-9281
DOI:10.1007/s11434-008-0393-3