- Title Pages
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
-
1 Introduction -
2 Genomes as Permutations -
3 Distances between Unsigned Permutations -
4 Distances between Signed Permutations -
5 Rearrangements of Partial Orders -
6 Graph-Theoretic and Linear Algebra Formulations -
7 Generalities -
8 Distances between Arbitrary Strings -
9 Distances between Balanced Strings -
III Multichromosomal Models -
10 Paths and Cycles -
11 Cycles of a Permutation -
12 Set Systems and the Syntenic Distance -
IV Multigenomic Models -
13 Median and Halving Problems -
14 Rearrangement Phylogenies -
15 Software -
16 Open Problems -
A Graph Theory -
B Complexity Theory - [UNTITLED]
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
Introduction
Introduction
- Chapter:
- (p.1) 1 Introduction
- Source:
- Combinatorics of Genome Rearrangements
- Author(s):
Guillaume Fertin
Anthony Labarre
Irena Rusu
Eric Tannier
Steéphane Vialette
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
This introductory chapter first discusses the molecular evolution and the birth of the combinatorics of genome rearrangements. It then describes the genome rearrangement problem; the scope of the present survey; an overview of the models; and the organization of the book.
Keywords: molecular evolution, genome rearrangements, DNA molecules
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- Title Pages
- Preface
- Acknowledgments
-
1 Introduction -
2 Genomes as Permutations -
3 Distances between Unsigned Permutations -
4 Distances between Signed Permutations -
5 Rearrangements of Partial Orders -
6 Graph-Theoretic and Linear Algebra Formulations -
7 Generalities -
8 Distances between Arbitrary Strings -
9 Distances between Balanced Strings -
III Multichromosomal Models -
10 Paths and Cycles -
11 Cycles of a Permutation -
12 Set Systems and the Syntenic Distance -
IV Multigenomic Models -
13 Median and Halving Problems -
14 Rearrangement Phylogenies -
15 Software -
16 Open Problems -
A Graph Theory -
B Complexity Theory - [UNTITLED]
- Glossary
- Bibliography
- Index
