Figure 1.

Comparison of encodings for the original sequence, an embedded representation and USM coordinates. Sample encodings for a nucleotide sequence illustrating the equivalence between an embedded encoding and a finite word length, block floating point representation of a standard USM encoding. The values indicated as i_i,j represent the initial values of the USM coordinates and the subscripted A, G, T, and C indicate the 0^th and 1^st bits of the 2-bit USM representation of the associated coordinates.