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AINC Seminar Series, 2004

Monday, 9 February, 4:00pm, Room UG40

Emergence of Uptake Signals in Bacterial DNA

Dr Dominique Chu
University of Birmingham

Abstract

The DNA of some naturally competent species of bacteria contains a high number of evenly distributed copies of a relatively short (about 10bp long) sequence. This highly overrepresented sequence is believed to be an uptake signal sequence which helps bacteria to selectively take up DNA from (dead) members of their own species. I will present a model designed to demonstrate the emergence of similar uptake signal sequences in a population of simulated evolving agents

The seminars are on Monday afternoons in Room UG40, Computer Science Building, West Campus, and are intended for audience interested in evolutionary/quantum/molecular computation or machine learning and artificial intelligence in general. If you wish to confirm that a particular seminar is taking place please contact Peter Tino (email P.Tino@cs.bham.ac.uk, tel. 0121 414 8558). More information about seminars in the School can be found at URL http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/news/seminars.html. Tea and biscuits afterwards in the Coffee Room.

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Printable version of this page		AINC Seminar Series, 2004 Monday, 9 February, 4:00pm, Room UG40 Emergence of Uptake Signals in Bacterial DNA Dr Dominique Chu University of Birmingham Abstract The DNA of some naturally competent species of bacteria contains a high number of evenly distributed copies of a relatively short (about 10bp long) sequence. This highly overrepresented sequence is believed to be an uptake signal sequence which helps bacteria to selectively take up DNA from (dead) members of their own species. I will present a model designed to demonstrate the emergence of similar uptake signal sequences in a population of simulated evolving agents The seminars are on Monday afternoons in Room UG40, Computer Science Building, West Campus, and are intended for audience interested in evolutionary/quantum/molecular computation or machine learning and artificial intelligence in general. If you wish to confirm that a particular seminar is taking place please contact Peter Tino (email P.Tino@cs.bham.ac.uk, tel. 0121 414 8558). More information about seminars in the School can be found at URL http://www.cs.bham.ac.uk/news/seminars.html. Tea and biscuits afterwards in the Coffee Room. Last modified 08 January 2004 Peter Tino (P.Tino@cs.bham.ac.uk) Back to School of Computer Science homepage

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