Question

24. For the given alignment of the sequences the most distinct species are
Sp1 AACGTTACATGGTT     
Sp2 AAGGTAAGATGGTT     
Sp3 TACGTTGCATGGGT
Sp4 TAGGTAACAACGGT

Answer 1

For the given alignment of the sequences the most distinct species is:

Sp4 TAGGTAACAACGGT

Explanation- Sequence alignment is a way of arranging the sequences of DNA, RNA, or protein to identify regions of similarity that may be a consequence of functional, structural, or evolutionary relationships between the sequences. So by comparing the alignment sequences of different species, we can find the most distant/distinct species, which has the maximum no of base differences.

So species 4 having the maximum 5 nucleotide base differences/ mismatches is the most distinct species

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