title: Predicting single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNP) from DNA sequence by support vector machine.
abstract: Recently, SNP has gained substantial attention as genetic markers and is recognized as a key element in the development of personalized medicine. Computational prediction of SNP can be used as a guide for SNP discovery to reduce the cost and time needed for the development of personalized medicine. We have developed a method for SNP prediction based on support vector machines (SVMs) using different features extracted from the SNP data. Prediction rates of 60.9% was achieved by sequence feature, 59.1% by free-energy feature, 58.1% by GC content feature, 58.0% by melting temperature feature, 56.2% by enthalpy feature, 55.1% by entropy feature and 54.3% by the gene, exon and intron feature. We introduced a new feature, the SNP distribution score that achieved a prediction rate of 77.3%. Thus, the proposed SNP prediction algorithm can be used to in SNP discovery.
authors.affiliation: Bioinformatics Group, Nanyang Polytechnic, 180 Ang Mo Kio Ave 8, S(569830), Singapore. KONG_Wai_Ming@nyp.gov.sg
authors.forename: Waiming
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Kong
authors.forename: Keng Wah
authors.initials: KW
authors.lastname: Choo
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D001185:Artificial Intelligence; D004247:DNA / Q000737:chemistry; D005091:Exons; D020862:GC Rich Sequence; D006801:Humans; D007438:Introns; D020641:Polymorphism, Single Nucleotide; D017422:Sequence Analysis, DNA / Q000379:methods*; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D004247:DNA