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Published on: July 28, 2017
A Bayesian Analysis of Plant DNA Length Distribution via κ-Statistics
Maxsuel M F de Lima1, Dory H A L Anselmo1,2, Raimundo Silva1,2
1Departamento de Física, Universidade do Estado do Rio Grande do Norte, Natal 59072-970, RN, Brazil.
Abstract:
We report an analysis of the distribution of lengths of plant DNA (exons). Three species of Cucurbitaceae were investigated. In our study, we used two distinct κ distribution functions, namely, κ-Maxwellian and double-κ, to fit the length distributions. To determine which distribution has the best fitting, we made a Bayesian analysis of the models. Furthermore, we filtered the data, removing outliers, through a box plot analysis. Our findings show that the sum of κ-exponentials is the most appropriate to adjust the distribution curves and that the values of the κ parameter do not undergo considerable changes after filtering. Furthermore, for the analyzed species, there is a tendency for the κ parameter to lay within the interval (0.27;0.43).
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