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MSA: Pairwise alignment view

The Pairwise Alignment window displays all pairwise combinations of input sequences aligned with each other. Each pairwise alignment includes a summary report of the percentage, identity, percentage similarity, and number of gaps. For two sequences there is a single alignment, for three sequences there are three alignments, for four sequences there are six alignments, and so on. The alignments are derived from the complete multiple alignment, with all other sequences removed and all residual gaps closed. This approach closely matches the results of an independent pairwise sequence alignment.

TO DISPLAY the Pairwise Alignment window

  1. In the Text Display panel of the Alignment Views dialog box, select the Pairwise Alignments check box.
  2. Select OK to display the results window.
  3. To modify the appearance of the Pairwise View tab, use the Text Display tab of the Multiple Alignment Options dialog box.

Related Topics.

Displaying multiple alignments

Multiple alignment text display

Multiple alignment picture display

Consensus sequence display