Alignment of identities only versus the Blosum-62. Repeated shuffling and scoring reveal the significance of sequence alignment for human myoglobin versus lupine leghemoglobin with the use of either (A) the simple, identity-based scoring system or (B) the Blosum-62. The scores for the alignment of the authentic sequences are shown in red. Accounting for amino acid similarity in addition to identity reveals a greater separation between the authentic alignment and the population of shuffled alignments.