DNA是一种语言吗？

Is DNA a language?

作者信息

Tsonis A A, Elsner J B, Tsonis P A

机构信息

Department of Geosciences, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 53201-413, USA.

出版信息

J Theor Biol. 1997 Jan 7;184(1):25-9. doi: 10.1006/jtbi.1996.0239.

DOI:10.1006/jtbi.1996.0239

PMID:9039397

Abstract

DNA sequences usually involve local construction rules that affect different scales. As such their "dictionary" may not follow Zipf's law (a power law) which is followed in every natural language. Indeed, analysis of many DNA sequences suggests that no linguistics connections to DNA exist and that even though it has structure DNA is not a language. Computer simulations and a biological approach to this problem further support these results.

摘要

DNA序列通常涉及影响不同尺度的局部构建规则。因此，它们的“字典”可能不遵循齐普夫定律（一种幂律），而每种自然语言都遵循该定律。事实上，对许多DNA序列的分析表明，DNA与语言不存在语言学上的联系，而且即使DNA具有结构，它也不是一种语言。计算机模拟和针对此问题的生物学方法进一步支持了这些结果。