Sequence Complexity of Chromosome 3 in Caenorhabditis elegans

Abstract EN

The nucleotide sequences complexity in chromosome 3 of Caenorhabditis elegans (C.

elegans) is studied.

The complexity of these sequences is compared with some random sequences.

Moreover, by using some parameters related to complexity such as fractal dimension and frequency, indicator matrix is given a first classification of sequences of C.

elegans.

In particular, the sequences with highest and lowest fractal value are singled out.

It is shown that the intrinsic nature of the low fractal dimension sequences has many common features with the random sequences.