about the alignement

Question

[minet950]

A T C

A 1 0 0 0
C 0 1 0 0
G 0 0 1 0
T 0 0 0 1
Why did we assign the value of 1 in the identity box and zero otherwise?

[WouterDeCoster]

Please check the matrix you posted, this doesn't seem to be correct.

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Answer 1

[lakhujanivijay]

This appears to me as the most trivial nucleotide identity matrix, however, please format it correctly. Generally, 1 being match and 0 being mismatch. In a diagonally symmetric matrix like this , the order of the nucleotide in the rows and columns should be same.