Title of article
Is DNA a Language?
Author/Authors
Tsonis، نويسنده , , Anastasios A. and Elsner، نويسنده , , James B. and Tsonis، نويسنده , , Panagiotis A.، نويسنده ,
Issue Information
روزنامه با شماره پیاپی سال 1997
Pages
5
From page
25
To page
29
Abstract
DNA sequences usually involve local construction rules that affect different scales. As such their “dictionary” may not follow Zipfʹs law (a power law) which is followed in every natural language. Indeed, analysis of many DNA sequences suggests that no linguistics connections to DNA exist and that even though it has structure DNA in not a language. Computer simulations and a biological approach to this problem further support these results.
Journal title
Journal of Theoretical Biology
Serial Year
1997
Journal title
Journal of Theoretical Biology
Record number
1533098
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