# Telling apart Felidae and Ursidae from the distribution of nucleotides in mitochondrial DNA.

@article{Rovenchak2018TellingAF,
title={Telling apart Felidae and Ursidae from the distribution of nucleotides in mitochondrial DNA.},
author={Andrij A. Rovenchak},
journal={arXiv: Other Quantitative Biology},
year={2018}
}
• A. Rovenchak
• Published 7 February 2018
• Biology
• arXiv: Other Quantitative Biology
Rank--frequency distributions of nucleotide sequences in mitochondrial DNA are defined in a way analogous to the linguistic approach, with the highest-frequent nucleobase serving as a whitespace. For such sequences, entropy and mean length are calculated. These parameters are shown to discriminate the species of the Felidae (cats) and Ursidae (bears) families. From purely numerical values we are able to see in particular that giant pandas are bears while koalas are not. The observed linear…
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