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Inferring the spatiotemporal DNA replication program from noisy data

A. Baker and J. Bechhoefer
Phys. Rev. E 89, 032703 – Published 6 March 2014

Abstract

We generalize a stochastic model of DNA replication to the case where replication-origin-initiation rates vary locally along the genome and with time. Using this generalized model, we address the inverse problem of inferring initiation rates from experimental data concerning replication in cell populations. Previous work based on curve fitting depended on arbitrarily chosen functional forms for the initiation rate, with free parameters that were constrained by the data. We introduce a nonparametric method of inference that is based on Gaussian process regression. The method replaces specific assumptions about the functional form of the initiation rate with more general prior expectations about the smoothness of variation of this rate, along the genome and in time. Using this inference method, we recover, with high precision, simulated replication schemes from noisy data that are typical of current experiments.

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  • Received 13 December 2013

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1103/PhysRevE.89.032703

©2014 American Physical Society

Authors & Affiliations

A. Baker and J. Bechhoefer

  • Department of Physics, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada V5A 1S6

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Vol. 89, Iss. 3 — March 2014

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