A measure of DNA periodicity.
A Fourier transform g(n) of a sequence of bases along a given stretch of DNA is defined. The transform is invariant to the labelling of the bases and can therefore be used as a measure of periodicity for segments of DNA with differing base content. It can also be conveniently used to search for base periodicities within large DNA data bases.
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