Difference between revisions of "Local alignment"
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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. [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith-Waterman_algorithm Smith-Waterman] algorithm, a variation of Needleman Wunsch algorithm, is used for local alignment. Unlike global alignment, only sub-region of sequences is aligned in 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. [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith-Waterman_algorithm Smith-Waterman] algorithm, a variation of Needleman Wunsch algorithm, is used for local alignment. Unlike global alignment, only sub-region of sequences is aligned in local alignment. | ||
Revision as of 18:11, 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. Smith-Waterman algorithm, a variation of Needleman Wunsch algorithm, is used for local alignment. Unlike global alignment, only sub-region of sequences is aligned in local alignment.
