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stuck.2.1
- There has been some agitation to call all such models
``position specific scoring matrices'', PSSMs, but certain small
nocturnal North American marsupials have a prior claim on the
mnemonic.
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- ... scores.2.2
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Surprisingly, this is still controversial. People have been saying
``there is no theory for setting gap scores'' for so long that many
people believe it.
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positions.2.3
- This is not strictly true. There is a subtle
difference between an HMM's state path (a first order Markov chain)
and the sequence described by an HMM (generated from the state path by
independent emissions of symbols at each state).
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architecture2.4
- The origin of the codename is obscure, involving
both details of the state transition probability distributions in
profile HMM architecture and an inordinate fondness for bad science
fiction movies. Frighteningly, David Haussler understood the codename
immediately.
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- ...
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- OK, it's more complicated than it has to
be. Sometimes you only discover your temporary insanity when you're
trying to document it.
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