Distinct Minimal Sequences in Genome Arrangements using the Double-Cut-and-Join Model

Abstract

How closely related are the genomes of different species or individuals wihtin a species, and how can one genome be mutated to another? The double-cut-and-join (DCJ) method models the way mutations can occur. For this project, we explored this model to find patterns between unsigned genomes and to calculate the number of DCJ operations required to turn one genome into another.