BLOSUM62 miscalculations improve search performance

Jerome Amir Singh1,2 & Abdallah S Daar3 1CAPRISA, Private Bag X7, Congella, 4013, Durban, South Africa, and Howard College School of Law, University of KwaZulu-Natal, King George V Avenue, Durban, South Africa. 2Department of Public Health Sciences and Joint Center for Bioethics, University of Toronto, 88 College Street, Toronto, Canada. 3McLaughlin-Rotman Centre for Global Health, Program on Life Sciences, Ethics and Policy, University Health Network; McLaughlin Centre for Molecular Medicine at University of Toronto, MaRS Centre, South Tower, 101 College Street, Suite 406 Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5G 1L7. e-mail: Singhj9@ukzn.ac.za

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