The overall goal of pair wise sequence alignment is to find the best pairing of two sequences, such that there is maximum correspondence among residues.

🎲 Try a Random Question  |  Total Questions in Quiz: 30  |  🧠 Study this quiz with Flashcards
This question is part of a full practice quiz:
Bioinformatics Practice Test Questions: Pairwise Sequence Alignment (PSA) — practice the complete quiz, review flashcards, or try a random question.

Pairwise Sequence Alignment (PSA) is used to identify regions of similarity that may indicate functional, structural and/or evolutionary relationships between two biological sequences (protein or nucleic acid).

Topics include: Sequence Homology Versus Sequence Similarity and Identity, Methods, & Statistical Significance of Sequence Alignment.

Related Test: Bioinformatics Practice Test Questions: Sequence Alignment


The overall goal of pair wise sequence alignment is to find the best pairing of two sequences, such that there is maximum correspondence among residues.