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Name: Scoring Matrices
ID: m11062
Language: English (en)
Summary: This module explains the general characteristics of the scoring matrices used to score sequence alignments. Guidelines are given to help the student choose which scoring scheme to choose for a given alignment, according to the characteristics of the sequences to be aligned.
Subject: Science and Technology
Keywords: bioinformatics, BLOSUM, PAM, scoring matrix, sequence alignment, substitution matrix
Document Type: -//CNX//DTD CNXML 0.5 plus MathML//EN
License: Creative Commons Attribution License (CC-BY 1.0)

Authors: Susan Cates (mscates@bioc.rice.edu)
Copyright Holders: Susan Cates (mscates@bioc.rice.edu)
Maintainers: Susan Cates (mscates@bioc.rice.edu)

Version: 2.6 (history)
Created: Feb 27, 2003 12:00 am US/Central
Revised: Sep 12, 2007 11:34 am GMT-5

Version History

Version: 2.6 Sep 12, 2007 11:34 am GMT-5 by Susan Cates
Changes:
included better workbench instructions

Version: 2.5 Feb 13, 2006 1:09 pm US/Central by Susan Cates
Changes:
updated old links

Version: 2.4 Feb 9, 2005 4:56 pm US/Central by Susan Cates
Changes:
updated links, converted questions to <exercise> and <problem> format

Version: 2.3 Feb 18, 2004 2:37 pm US/Central by Susan Cates
Changes:
updated

Version: 2.2 Mar 3, 2003 12:00 am US/Central by Susan Cates
Changes:
reworded last sample problem

Version: 2.1 Feb 28, 2003 12:00 am US/Central by Susan Cates
Changes:
minor editing

Version: 2.0 Feb 27, 2003 12:00 am US/Central by Susan Cates
Changes:
v1

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Cates, Susan. "Scoring Matrices." Connexions. September 12, 2007. http://cnx.org/content/m11062/2.6/.

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