Study of Evolution by Searching Alu Pattern from Primate Transposon

摘要

All living beings have Deoxyribonucleic Acid (DNA) as the blueprint of their characteristics. Among noncoding part of DNA sequences, the analysis of transposon is gaining interest in recent years as the mystery of human evolution is hidden inside Transposon or Transposable Element (TE). Scientists around the world are trying to develop methods for automatic TE identification to uncover the mystery of the evolution process. Researchers mainly focused on sample-based TE classification but identification of TE classes using computational tools is yet to be explored. Alu, one of the major TE classes, is believed to be mostly responsible for evolution of eukaryotes especially primates. In this paper, the authors address the evolution process of primates by automated searching of Alu pattern from TE sequences. The authors proposed "AP Suche" algorithm to identify Alu pattern from TE sequence. Results indicate the existence of Alu pattern more in human chromosome compared to other primates.