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Microbial Genomics Is a Rapidly Growing Field

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Microbial genomics is a rapidly growing field.Of great interest to geneticists is the search for new operons as new microbial genome sequences become available.What kind of "signature" or identifying feature would you look for as you searched new genomes for candidate operons?


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Prediction Intervals

A range of values within which a future observation is expected to fall, with a certain level of confidence.

Prediction Interval

A range of values within which a future observation is expected to fall, with a certain probability.

Confidence Interval

A spread of values obtained from statistical scrutiny of samples, presumed to potentially contain the value of an undetermined population parameter.

Confidence Interval Estimate

An interval of values calculated from a sample that is expected to include the value of an unseen population parameter, with a certain degree of confidence.

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