王亮说，DNA序列遵循齐普夫定律(Zipf ' s law)，该定律的基本表述是在任何长文件中，半数的单词仅出现一次。

Liang says DNA sequences follow Zipf's law, which basically states that in any long document, half the words appear only once.

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王亮研究了拟南芥(arabidopsis)、曲霉菌(aspergillus)、果蝇以及老鼠的基因组，同时发现基因“单词”的一个合适的平均长度是12个字母。

Liang studied the genomes of arabidopsis, aspergillus, the fruit fly and the mouse, and found that a good average word length is 12 letters.

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蟹堡王前面挂着的信号旗拼不出一个完整的单词。

The signal flags hanging on the front of The Krusty Krab do not spell a word.

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