Method for the Search for the Size Standard Peaks in Fragment Analysis of DNA


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Abstract

Fragment analysis of DNA by the capillary gel-electrophoresis method is an effective tool for studying the DNA structure, which has a large number of applications (in particular, for genetic expertise of breeds and breed samples of a number of important crops). Fragment analysis of DNA is carried out in several stages. The stage of processing of the results of investigations includes the procedure of detection of peaks for standard DNA fragments. We list the features of the spectrum of the DNA fragment distribution, which necessitate the development of a new method for detecting peaks of a standard. We propose a method for their search based on comparison of the aggregate of standard lengths of DNA fragments and spectral peaks and describe the algorithm for implementing this method. We also consider in detail the critical stage of the algorithm, i.e., the choice of the threshold for the procedure of detection of peaks in the spectrum. The advantages and disadvantages of the method are enumerated and the results of testing are considered.

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I. V. Zarutskii

Institute for Analytical Instrumentation, Russian Academy of Sciences; ITMO University

Author for correspondence.
Email: kolomna.88@mail.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 190103; St. Petersburg, 197101

V. V. Manoilov

Institute for Analytical Instrumentation, Russian Academy of Sciences; ITMO University

Email: kolomna.88@mail.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 190103; St. Petersburg, 197101

N. S. Samsonova

Institute for Analytical Instrumentation, Russian Academy of Sciences; Ioffe Institute, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: kolomna.88@mail.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 190103; St. Petersburg, 194021

A. I. Petrov

Institute for Analytical Instrumentation, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: kolomna.88@mail.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 190103

V. E. Kurochkin

Institute for Analytical Instrumentation, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: kolomna.88@mail.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 190103

I. A. Leont’ev

Institute for Analytical Instrumentation, Russian Academy of Sciences

Email: kolomna.88@mail.ru
Russian Federation, St. Petersburg, 190103

Ya. I. Alekseev

OOO Sintol; All-Russia Research Institute of Agricultural Biotechnology

Email: kolomna.88@mail.ru
Russian Federation, Moscow, 127550; Moscow, 127550

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