Mortal Fibonacci Rabbits 🐰💀 | Dynamic Programming Explained | Coding Interview
What if immortality is actually WORSE than death? 🐰💀
Today we're solving Mortal Fibonacci Rabbits—a classic Rosalind bioinformatics problem that adds mortality to the famous Fibonacci sequence. One tiny modification to the recurrence relation reveals the beauty of dynamic programming.
🎯 WHAT YOU'LL LEARN:
→ Classic Fibonacci vs. Mortal Fibonacci (the key difference)
→ Recurrence relation: F(n) = F(n-1) + F(n-2) - F(n-m-1)
→ Why rabbits die after m months (population dynamics)
→ Python implementation (step-by-step walkthrough)
→ Dynamic programming pattern for biological modeling
→ Time complexity: O(n), Space complexity: O(n)
⏱️ TIMESTAMPS:
0:00 - The Immortality Problem
0:45 - Classic Fibonacci Recap
2:10 - Problem Setup: Adding Mortality
3:47 - Python Code Implementation
5:15 - Visualization with Python Tutor
7:11 - Recap & Key Takeaways
💻 CODE & RESOURCES:
→ Full Python solution: https://github.com/adham-synbio/Rosal...
→ Rosalind problem: https://rosalind.info/problems/fibd/
→ Previous video (Fibonacci Rabbits): • 2 Rabbits → 2.4 QUADRILLION in 3 Years? 🐰💥...
🔬 WHY THIS MATTERS:
This isn't just a coding puzzle—it models REAL population dynamics in biology. Understanding how birth and death rates balance is fundamental to ecology, epidemiology, and bioinformatics.
Perfect for:
✅ Coding interview prep (dynamic programming patterns)
✅ Rosalind problem solvers
✅ Bioinformatics students
✅ Anyone learning DP algorithms
🚀 NEXT STEPS:
1. Try solving the problem yourself before watching
2. Code along with the video
3. Test with different values of n and m
4. Apply this pattern to other DP problems
📌 RELATED VIDEOS:
→ Rabbits and Recurrence Relations (Classic Fibonacci)
→ Introduction to Dynamic Programming
→ Rosalind Problems Playlist
💬 QUESTIONS?
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