A Coding Theoretic Model for Error-detecting in DNA Sequences

AbstractA major problem in communication engineering system is the transmitting of information from source to receiver over a noisy channel. To check the error in information digits many error detecting and correcting codes have been developed. The main aim of these error correcting codes is to encode the information digits and decode these digits to detect and correct the common errors in transmission. This information theory concept helps to study the information transmission in biological systems and extend the field of coding theory into the biological domain. In the cellular level, the information in DNA is transformed into proteins. The sequence of bases like Adenine (A), Thymine (T), Guanine (G) and Cytosine (C) in DNA may be considered as digital codes which transmit genetic information. This paper shows the existence of any form error detecting code in the DNA structure, by encoding the DNA sequences using Hamming code