When random or unrelated sequences are compared using a global alignment method, they can have ____________ reflecting the tendency of the global algorithm to match as many characters as possible.

When random or unrelated sequences are compared using a global alignment method, they can have ____________ reflecting the tendency of the global algorithm to match as many characters as possible. Correct Answer very high scores

The significance of the scores of global alignments, is more difficult to determine. Using the Needleman-Wunsch algorithm and a suitable scoring system, there are many ways to produce a global alignment between any pair of sequences, and the scores of many different alignments may be quite similar hence the scores obtained might be unusually high.

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Who suggested that the global alignment scores between unrelated protein sequences followed the extreme value distribution, similar to local alignment scores? And when?