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... . Sequence alignments section "Global Sequence Compansons," we showed that the growth of score of global alignments of random sequences is linear with sequence length.
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... However, when the penalties ~ and ~ are set to 0, the algorithm computes a global alignment. The results in the section "Global Sequence Comparisons" imply that H(A,B;O,O)
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Key Terms

  • sequence comparison
  • dynamic programming
  • random sequences
  • optimal alignments
  • local alignment

  • optimal alignment
  • programming algorithm
  • sequence length
  • local sequence
  • global alignment

  • sequence alignment
  • global sequence


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