Difference between revisions of "Local alignment"
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− | Local alignment | + | Local alignment only aligns the most similar regions between the sequences. The measure of similarity will depend on the parameters used for registering a mismatch. [[Needleman Wunsch]] algorithm is used for local alignment too but with slight variation which makes local alignment more stringent than global alignment. |
Revision as of 17:30, 25 September 2009
Local alignment only aligns the most similar regions between the sequences. The measure of similarity will depend on the parameters used for registering a mismatch. Needleman Wunsch algorithm is used for local alignment too but with slight variation which makes local alignment more stringent than global alignment.