Probability in Genomics

A tumour sample is sequenced and found to have 1 somatic mutation per million base pairs, on average. If a chromosome is 50 million base pairs in length, what is the probability that it contains fewer than somatic 30 mutations)?

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written 5.8 years ago by sp29 •

Assignment? Tried anything?

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written 5.8 years ago by ATpoint

Not really! Just figuring out how to get started? Any leads?

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