title: Determination of window size for analyzing DNA sequences.
abstract: DNA sequences are generally not random sequences. To show such nonrandomness visually, DNA sequence data are often plotted as moving averages for a certain length of window slid along a sequence. Here a simple algorithm is presented for determining the window size and for finding a nonrandom region of sequence.
authors.affiliation: National Institute of Genetics, Shizuoka, Japan.
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Tajima
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001483:Base Sequence; D005075:Biological Evolution; D003062:Codon; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004247:DNA / Q000235:genetics*; D011110:Polymorphism, Genetic; D011336:Probability
chemical_list: D003062:Codon; D004247:DNA