A similarity matrix is a matrix of scores which express the similarity between two data points. They are used in sequence alignment: higher scores are given to more similar characters, and lower or negative scores are given for dissimilar characters.
Above is a similarity matrix of common amino acids. The similarity or dissimilarity of each amino acid pair can be found by finding the cross value of the two.
Thursday, November 6, 2008
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