[Use of a rank correlation coefficient for comparing mutational spectra]

V N Babenko; I B Rogozin

[Use of a rank correlation coefficient for comparing mutational spectra]

Biofizika. 1999 Jul-Aug;44(4):632-8.

[Article in Russian]

Authors

V N Babenko¹, I B Rogozin

Affiliation

¹ Institute of Cytology and Genetics, Siberian Division Russian Academy of Sciences, Novosibirsk, Russia.

PMID: 10544813

Abstract

It is suggest to use the Kendall's rank correlation coefficient tau for the analysis of correlation between mutation spectra. The results of computer simulations and analysis of real spectra showed that the approach can be recommended for the analysis of mutation spectra.

Publication types

Comparative Study
English Abstract

MeSH terms

Bacterial Proteins / genetics
Base Sequence
Computer Simulation
Escherichia coli Proteins*
Lac Repressors
Molecular Sequence Data
Mutation*
Repressor Proteins / genetics

Substances

Bacterial Proteins
Escherichia coli Proteins
Lac Repressors
Repressor Proteins