Answer to Question #154924 in Bioinformatics for vaibhav

Question

(a) Find the sum-of-pairs score for a given alignment. Use the following scoring function for this program: 4 points for a match, -1 points for a mismatch, -2 for a s(-,base) or s(base,-) and 0 for a s(-,-).

A-G

AC-

TCG

(b) What is the Jukes-Cantor distance model and why is it more appropriate than a simple model that merely counts the number of mismatches?

Answer 1

Dear vaibhav, your question requires a lot of work, which neither of our experts is ready to perform for free. We advise you to convert it to a fully qualified order and we will try to help you. Please click the link below to proceed: Submit order