Biomathematics Seminar: Mutation and Recombination (Roman Belavkin)

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Mutation and Recombination: How they differ—Lessons from mathematical analysis Author: Roman V. Belavkin (Faculty of Science and Technology, Middlesex University, London NW4 4BT, UK) Abstract: Mutation and recombination of DNA strings are two most important mechanisms used by biological organisms during replication that allow them to inherit old and evolve new traits. Mutation is a random substitution of some letters in the parent string by any other letters from the alphabet. Recombination, on the other hand, is a substitution of some letters in one parent string by the letters from another …