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  • Bioinformatics and Computational Biology
  • Coding Theory
  • Genetics

Background:

  • Circular codes guarantee reading frame retrieval in biological sequences.
  • Trinucleotide k-circular codes, unlike fully circular codes, can exhibit ambiguous sequences.
  • Understanding partial circularity is crucial for analyzing genetic code evolution.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To describe the combinatorial properties of trinucleotide k-circular codes (k=0,1,2,3).
  • To derive a general formula for measuring reading frame loss in ambiguous sequences.
  • To analyze the evolution of trinucleotide codes towards the genetic code based on reading frame retrieval.

Main Methods:

  • Definition and theoretical analysis of (>=k)-circular codes.
  • Derivation of a novel formula to quantify reading frame loss.
  • Mathematical methods to compute balanced and self-complementary trinucleotide codes.

Main Results:

  • Trinucleotide k-circular codes for k=0,1,2,3 exhibit partial circularity with ambiguous sequences.
  • A new formula quantifies reading frame loss, enabling evolutionary studies.
  • Identified a relationship between balanced codes (equal nucleotide counts) and self-complementarity.

Conclusions:

  • Trinucleotide k-circular codes offer insights into reading frame retrieval and ambiguity in genetic sequences.
  • The derived formula provides a tool to study the evolutionary trajectory of codes towards the genetic code.
  • The study updates the combinatorial hierarchy of trinucleotide codes and quantifies properties like balance and self-complementarity.