How the percentage identity was calculated

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How the percentage identity was calculated #177

Open barbarashih opened 2 years ago

barbarashih commented 2 years ago

Hi, Thank you for developing this very versatile tool. We're wondering how the percentage identity is calculated - is it the proportion of exact nucleotide matches in the proportion of the gene covered?

Thank you Barbara