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Block Interchange and Reversal Distance on Unbalanced Genomes

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Author(s):
Alexandrino, Alexsandro Oliveira ; Siqueira, Gabriel ; Brito, Klairton Lima ; Oliveira, Andre Rodrigues ; Dias, Ulisses ; Dias, Zanoni
Total Authors: 6
Document type: Journal article
Source: ADVANCES IN BIOINFORMATICS AND COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY, BSB 2023; v. 13954, p. 13-pg., 2023-01-01.
Abstract

One method for inferring the evolutionary distance between two organisms is to find the rearrangement distance, which is defined as the minimum number of genome rearrangements required to transform one genome into the other. Rearrangements that do not alter the genome content are known as conservative. Examples of such rearrangements include: reversal, which reverts a segment of the genome; transposition, which exchanges two consecutive blocks; block interchange (BI), which exchanges two blocks at any position in the genome; and double cut and join (DCJ), which cuts two different pairs of adjacent blocks and joins them in a different manner. Initially, works in this area involved comparing genomes that shared the same set of conserved blocks. Nowadays, researchers are investigating unbalanced genomes (genomes with a distinct set of genes), which requires the use of non-conservative rearrangements such as insertions and deletions (indels). In cases where there are no repeated blocks and the genomes have the same set of blocks, the BI Distance and the Reversal Distance have polynomial-time algorithms, while the complexity of the BI and Reversal Distance problem remains unknown. In this study, we investigate the BI and Indel Distance and the BI, Reversal, and Indel Distance on genomes with different gene content and no repeated genes. We present 2-approximation algorithms for each problem using a variant of the breakpoint graph structure. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 15/11937-9 - Investigation of hard problems from the algorithmic and structural stand points
Grantee:Flávio Keidi Miyazawa
Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants
FAPESP's process: 21/13824-8 - Generalization of string partition problems
Grantee:Gabriel Henriques Siqueira
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Doctorate
FAPESP's process: 13/08293-7 - CCES - Center for Computational Engineering and Sciences
Grantee:Munir Salomao Skaf
Support Opportunities: Research Grants - Research, Innovation and Dissemination Centers - RIDC
FAPESP's process: 22/13555-0 - Rearrangement distances in unbalanced genomes considering intergenic regions
Grantee:Gabriel Henriques Siqueira
Support Opportunities: Scholarships abroad - Research Internship - Doctorate
FAPESP's process: 19/27331-3 - Sorting by genome rearrangements problems
Grantee:André Rodrigues Oliveira
Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Post-Doctoral