Ultrametrics in the genetic code and the genome

Branko Dragovich, Andrei Yu. Khrennikov and Nataša Ž. Mišić

Applied Mathematics and Computation, 2017, vol. 309, issue C, 350-358

Abstract: Ultrametric approach to the genetic code and the genome is considered and developed. p-Adic degeneracy of the genetic code is pointed out. Ultrametric tree of the codon space is presented. It is shown that codons and amino acids can be treated as p-adic ultrametric networks. Ultrametric modification of the Hamming distance is defined and noted how it can be useful. Ultrametric approach with p-adic distance is an attractive and promising trend towards investigation of bioinformation.

Keywords: Ultrametrics; Bioinformation; Genetic code; Ultrametric tree; Ultrametric network; p-adic numbers (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2017
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DOI: 10.1016/j.amc.2017.04.012

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