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The Pairwise Comparison of Amino Acid Sequences

The pairwise alignment of amino acid sequences in Darwin is performed via dynamic programming using the Dayhoff matrices from Chapter [*] and the gap penalty costs deriven in Chapter [*]. This chapter describes the Darwin routines and structures available for the various methods of aligning sequences.



 

Gaston Gonnet
1998-09-15