Which of the following is not a drawback of the progressive alignment method?

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Multiple sequence alignment (MSA) is a tool used to identify the evolutionary relationships and common patterns between genes.

Topics include: Exhaustive Algorithms, Heuristic Algorithms, Needleman – Wunsch Algorithm, Progressive Methods of Multiple Sequence Alignment, Iterative Methods of Multiple Sequence Alignment, Localized Alignments in Sequences, Statistical Methods for Aiding Alignment, & Position – Specific Scoring Matrices.


Which of the following is not a drawback of the progressive alignment method?