GATE2018-51

Question

Consider the following alignment of two DNA sequences:$$\mathbf{AGTAAC} \\ \mathbf{AA}\text{- -}\mathbf{AC}$$Assuming an affine gap scoring scheme of an identity matrix for substitution, a gap initiation penalty of $1$ and a gap extension penalty of $0.1$, the score of the alignment is (up to one decimal place) __________

Answer 1

The match score and initiate and extended gap penalty = 1.9