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Knots in Washington XLVIII
May 10-12, 2019
George Washington University
Washington, DC, United States

Organizers
Valentina Harizanov (GWU), Jozef H. Przytycki (GWU), Yongwu Rong (GWU), Radmila Sazdanovic (NCSU), Alexander Shumakovitch (GWU)

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Unknotting theta-curves and DNA replication
by
Danielle O'Donnol
Marymount University
Coauthors: Dorothy Buck

Replication is when a single DNA molecule is reproduced to form two new identical DNA molecules. In the middle of replication a more complex structure is formed. When a circular piece of DNA is replicated the intermediate structure is that of a theta-graph. A theta-graph has two vertices and three edges between them. This talk will focus on unknotting numbers of theta-graph and understanding DNA replication.

Date received: April 30, 2019

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