Week 3 Feedback

[dtaylo95]

Python script that performs alignment based on user input

0/8

Exercise	Points Possible	Grade
Read in inputs	2	2
Initialize matrices	1	1
Populate matrices	2	2
Perform traceback	2	1.75
Write alignment to file	0.5	0.5
Print out alignment score and number of gaps in each sequence	0.5	0.5

Great work doing the alignment! Very very minor issue, but at the end of traceback, you need to reverse your alignments. (You could also handle this during traceback, if you want to).

DNA alignment file

0.5/0.5

AA alignment file

0.5/0.5

README.md with alignment score and number of gaps in each sequence for each alignment

Didn't take off points for this, but your alignment and statistics for the DNA alignment are a bit off. I think that's because you used a -10 gap penalty (which was the gap penalty for AA) instead of -300.

Also, when you write to a file. python doesn't doesn't automatically add newline characters, so your output ends up all being on a single line which is difficult to parse.

1/1

Total: 9.75/10

Great work! Feel free to fix the minor issue(s) for the full 10/10

[dtaylo95]

Update grade. Feel free to address the minor issues and resubmit for the full 10/10