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SUMMARY:Mutations and Card Shuffling - Richard Pymar (University of Cambri
 dge)
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CONTACT:Elena Yudovina
DESCRIPTION:We consider the process of random transpositions of n particle
 s on a circle\, where transpositions only occur if the spacing is at most 
 some number L = L(n). We look in particular at the evolution of parsimony 
 distance used by biologists in the context of studying mutations in chromo
 somal structure. The proof relies on a comparison with a suitable spatial 
 random graph and we discuss the importance of the appearance of its giant 
 component.
LOCATION:CMS\, MR4
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