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Local alignment only aligns the most similar regions between | Local alignment algorithms only aligns the most similar regions between sequences. [http://www.wikipedia.org/wiki/Smith-Waterman_algorithm Smith-Waterman] algorithm, a variation of Needleman Wunsch algorithm, is often used for local alignments. Unlike global alignment, only sub-region of sequences is aligned in local alignment. | ||
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Local alignment algorithms only aligns the most similar regions between sequences. Smith-Waterman algorithm, a variation of Needleman Wunsch algorithm, is often used for local alignments. Unlike global alignment, only sub-region of sequences is aligned in local alignment.