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CpG island definition - (Dec/21/2005 )

Dear all,

I would like to ask something about CpG island definition. One of the criteria is Observed CpG/Expected CpG ratio is equal or greater than 0.65 (Takai and Jones, 2002). What does Observed CpG/Expected CpG mean? Thanks

Samantha

-Samantha-

Hi Samantha,

have a look at this link

http://www.protocol-online.org/forums/inde...ved+to+expected

good luck!

Nick

-methylnick-