We review the present status of the studies of DNA sequences using methods of statistical physics. We present evidence, based on systematic studies of the entire GenBank database, supporting the idea that the DNA sequence in genes containing noncoding regions is correlated, and that the...

We introduce and develop new techniques to quantify DNA patchiness, and characteristics of their mosaic structure. These techniques, which involve calculating two functions, α(ℓ) and β(ℓ), measure correlation exponents at length scale ℓ and detect distinct characteristic patch sizes...

The purpose of this talk is to describe some recent progress in applying scaling concepts to various systems in nature. We review several systems characterized by scaling laws such as DNA sequences, heartbeat rates and weather variations. We discuss the finding that the exponent α quantifying...