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Table 2 Description of the five methods considered in the experiment

From: Aligning coding sequences with frameshift extension penalties

Method

Alignment approach and specific parameters

FS initiation cost

Other parameters

fse

Present approach \({\texttt{fs}}\_{\texttt{extend}}\_{\texttt{cost}} =\)  \(\,-1; -0.5; -0.2\)

\({\texttt{fs}}\_{\texttt{open}}\_{\texttt{cost}} =\)

−10; −20; −30

\({\texttt{AA}} \quad {\texttt{gap}}\_{\texttt{open}}\_{\texttt{cost}} = -11\)

\({\texttt{AA}} \quad {\texttt{gap}}\_{\texttt{cost}} = -1\)

\(s_{aa} =\,{\texttt{BLOSUM62}} \quad {\texttt{matrix}}\)

\(s_{an} =\,\) +1/-1 match/mismatch

fse0

Present approach \({\texttt{fs}}\_{\texttt{extend}}\_{\texttt{cost}} = 0\)

macse_p

Ranwez et al. [18] \({\texttt{stop}}\_{\texttt{cost}} = -100\)

needleprot

NW [24] at AA level

Not applicable

needlenuc

NW [24] at NT level

Not applicable

\({\texttt{NT}} \quad {\texttt{gap}}\_{\texttt{open}}\_{\texttt{cost}} = -5\)

\({\texttt{NT}} \quad {\texttt{gap}}\_{\texttt{cost}} = -2\)

\(s_{an} =\) +2/-3

match/mismatch

  1. For each method, the alignment approach and the values of specific and common parameters are given