Patent ID: 7761238
Filing Date: 2010-07-20
Classification: G16B

Abstract:
1. A program storage device readable by a machine, tangibly embodying a program of instructions executable by the machine to perform a method for finding patterns of genetic variability in genetic sequence data, said method comprised within: a) processing one or more polynucleotide sequences in the genetic sequence data, said sequences comprising a unique categorical representation for each of the unique bases comprising a polynucleotide, and eliminating representations in the sequences that do not vary across individuals, leaving only instances of variable representations, each of said instances of variable representations being described by a predefined set of attributes, each of the attributes having a unique category for each of the unique categorical representations; b) translating the categorical representation of each of said instances of variable representations to an equivalent binary representation by: c) finding all binary patterns in said binary representation by: d) translating said binary patterns back to a corresponding categorical representation by means of the inverse mapping functions of step (b)(ii).