Multiple choice

Pair-wise alignment is used for best matching of

  1. local alignment

  2. global alignment

  3. Both 1 and 2

  4. None of these
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C Correct answer
Explanation

Pairwise alignment can indeed be used for both local and global alignment. Global alignment (Needleman-Wunsch) aligns entire sequences, while local alignment (Smith-Waterman) finds matching regions. Both are fundamental pairwise alignment strategies.

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