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Algorithmic Thinking in Bioinformatics · Quiz 2 · 3 Aug 2025 · May 2025 term

Question 16: Which of the following represents the distance matrix fo…

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You are applying the Neighbor-Joining algorithm on some distance matrix. The D⋆D^\star matrix obtained during some iteration is given in Table 1. Answer the given subquestions with respect to the same.

Table 1: D⋆D^\star matrix

ABCDE
A0-12-16-11-15
B0-10-20-12
C0-12-16
D0-11
E0

Which of the following represents the distance matrix for the next iteration?

  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D
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  • A
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Question 16 of 18 in the IIT Madras BS Algorithmic Thinking in Bioinformatics (Algorithmic Thinking in Bioinformatics) Quiz 2 paper sat on 3 Aug 2025, in the May 2025 term (IIT M IMPROVEMENT AN EXAM QIA2 03 Aug 2025). It carries 4 marks.

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