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#Question id: 15140


Two types of pair-wise sequence alignment of the same hypothetical protein sequence fragments are illustrated in the figure below. Vertical bars between the sequences indicate the presence of identical amino acids. * symbols in Figure Y indicate residues not included in the alignment.





Which one of the following is correct?

#SCPH01 Biochemistry
  1. Figures X and Y are examples of global and local sequence alignment, respectively.
  2. Figures X and Y are examples of local and global sequence alignment, respectively.
  3. Figures X and Y are examples of local sequence alignment.
  4. Figures X and Y are examples of global sequence alignment.