Table 1.
Example of distances obtained with the DBC454 metric (see Section 3.1.1) compared with the percent of divergence [100 − percent identity (%ID)], when aligning the wild-type sequence with a sequence in which the GGC (underlined) was replaced with various short sequences
| Substitution for GGC | DBC454 distance | 100 %ID |
|---|---|---|
| AGC |  |
0.820 |
| TGC |  |
0.820 |
| CGC |  |
0.820 |
| GGCA |  |
0.810 |
| GGCT |  |
0.810 |
| GGCC |  |
0.810 |
| GGGC |  |
0.810 |
| ATCG |  |
2.440 |
| ATCGATCG |  |
5.510 |
| ATCGATCGATCG |  |
8.400 |
wild-type: AACGAATGGGTCTTCGGGCCCTTCCAACCCTCAAAACCTGTGGAAGCAAAAGATGTGTTTCGGCGCCGCCGCGCGCCGCATTTATGCAGCGTTATGCTTGTTGTCTGGATTGCAAAGAAATT.