Needleman-Wunsch Algorithm (cont.)

Similarity values

• A numerical value is assigned to every cell in the array depending on the similarity/dissimilarity of the two residues

• These may be simple scores or more complicated, e.g. related to chemical similarities or frequency of observed substitutions

• The example shown has

  • match = +1
  • mismatch = 0

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