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... As an example, consider finding the best global alignment of A = ATTACG and B = ATATCG under the following scoring scheme. A letter aligned with the same letter has a score of 1.
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  • scoring scheme
  • sequence comparison
  • local alignment
  • optimal alignment
  • global alignment


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