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The arrangement of two or more amino acid or base sequences from an organism or organisms in such a way as to align areas of the sequences sharing common properties. The degree of relatedness or homology between the sequences is predicted computationally or statistically based on weights assigned to the elements aligned between the sequences. This in turn can serve as a potential indicator of the genetic relatedness between the organisms.
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- Alignment, Sequence
- Alignments, Sequence
- Sequence Alignments
- Determination, Sequence Homology
- Sequence Homology Determination
- Determinations, Sequence Homology
- Sequence Homology Determinations
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Indexed with the subheadings adverse effects, classification, economics, history, instrumentation, methods, mortality, nursing, psychology, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends, veterinary.
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- National Library of Medicine. Sequence Alignment. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D016415. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D016415
- Sequence Alignment. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sequence_alignment
- Sequence Alignment. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q827246