Patent ID: 7613662
Filing Date: 2009-11-03
Classification: G16B,Y10S

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for determining that a sequence fragment is atypical with respect to a reference sequence, comprising: a compositional feature vector calculator to compute a number of occurrences of a given template having at least two template characters in a genetic sequence fragment under evaluation, said number of occurrences used to determine whether said genetic sequence fragment is atypical; a memory interface to retrieve said genetic sequence fragment under evaluation from a memory and to record said number of occurrences of said template in said genetic sequence fragment under evaluation; a processor to compare elements of said template sequentially with elements of said genetic sequence fragment under evaluation and to determine matches at each sequential position along said genetic sequence fragment under evaluation; and a display to selectively display information related to said number of occurrences, wherein an atypicality is determined based upon a similarity metric between said template and said genetic sequence fragment under evaluation.