Sequence comparison significance and Poisson approximation

DOI10.1214/SS/1177010382zbMath0955.92501OpenAlexW2032295681MaRDI QIDQ1596086

Martin Vingron, Michael S. Waterman

Publication date: 7 February 2001

Published in: Statistical Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1214/ss/1177010382

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Applications of statistics to biology and medical sciences; meta analysis (62P10) Central limit and other weak theorems (60F05) Protein sequences, DNA sequences (92D20)

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