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Big Data and Biological Networks · Quiz 2 · 16 Mar 2025 · January 2025 term

Question 21: Given the two sequences “GATTACA”, “GTCGACGCA”, and the …

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Given the two sequences “GATTACA”, “GTCGACGCA”, and the scoring paradigm: matches: “+1”, mismatches: “-1” and gap: “-2”, find the final score for the best global alignment between the two sequences.

  1. A

    10

  2. B

    -11

  3. C

    -3

  4. D

    2

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  • C

    -3

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Question 21 of 22 in the IIT Madras BS Big Data and Biological Networks (Big Data and Biological Networks) Quiz 2 paper sat on 16 Mar 2025, in the January 2025 term (IIT M DEGREE AN EXAM QDB2 16 Mar 2025). It carries 3 marks.

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