MAFFT is a an easy to use, multiple sequence alignment utility for unix-like operating systems.
MAFFT provides a range of multiple alignment methods, L-INS-i (accurate; for alignment of
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Ambiguous nucleotides (r, y, w, s, k, m, d, v, h, b; UIPAC-IUB codes) are scored as:
· score(r,a) = ( score(a,a) + score(g,a) ) / 2
· score(r,g) = ( score(a,g) + score(g,g) ) / 2
· score(r,t) = ( score(a,t) + score(g,t) ) / 2
· score(r,c) = ( score(a,c) + score(g,c) ) / 2
· score(r,y) = ( score(r,t) + score(r,c) ) / 2
· score(r,r) = ( score(a,a) + score(g,g) ) / 2
· score(y,y) = ( score(c,c) + score(t,t) ) / 2