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Table 4 Validating gapless alignments: each column contains the number of predicted gapped alignments by each aligner. The number of mis-alignments is given in the last lines

From: Aligning the unalignable: bacteriophage whole genome alignments

Region’s start and end positions

Alpha

Clustal O

T-Coffee

Muscle

Gapless

Method

1. U2[1869-2931]

0

0

0

2

Yes

tblastx

2. U2[6932-7965]

0

0

0

2

Yes

tblastx

3. U2[10982-11518]

0

0

2

2

Yes

tblastx

4. U2[11521-12378]

0

0

0

2

Yes

tblastx

5. U2[17171-18327]

0

1

1

1

Yes

switch

6. U2[76-263]

0

0

1

1

?

tie

7. 85[23847-24292]

0

0

0

1

Yes

majority

8. 85[35337-35536]

0

0

1

1

Yes

tblastx

Error(s) if Alpha is right for Region 6

0

1

5

12

  

Error(s) if Alpha is wrong for Region 6

1

2

4

11