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Given a DNA sequence of $L$ I am looking for a distribution to model the starting positions of $k$ blocks with length $w$.

I am starting to investigate in a discrete form of dirichlet distribution but I was curious if any of you ever faced the same problem and how you solved it.

So, any ideas?

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  • $\begingroup$ Can the blocks overlap? I seem to recall responding to a question quite like this not too long ago on this same site... $\endgroup$
    – Nick Sabbe
    Nov 10, 2011 at 9:59
  • $\begingroup$ No they can not overlap. I searched for related topics here but couldnt find any. If you could post the thread? $\endgroup$
    – user6325
    Nov 10, 2011 at 10:02
  • $\begingroup$ Took some looking + I doubt it will be of help to you, but here it is anyway $\endgroup$
    – Nick Sabbe
    Nov 10, 2011 at 10:06

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