mismatch

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mis·match • n. / ˈmisˌmach/ a failure to correspond or match; a discrepancy: a huge mismatch between supply and demand.• v. / ˈˌmisˈmach/ [tr.] [usu. as adj.] (mismatched) match (people or things) unsuitably or incorrectly: funky mismatched chairs and tables.

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mismatch

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mismatch In alignment, the occurrence of different bases in homologous positions in two different sequences.

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