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1 agcttgtaat ttttcttttt tgtatcctgg ttcaccatga atacctacac catattcaaa

61 ttcatcatct tctaaaacaa aacctggttt gccaacttct ggtacagttg ctcctgatag


121 tgctaaacca attgttttga tattaggaac tagtttatca gcaattgctt taacttcctc
181 aagtgatttt ccattttcgg cagcatgtcc taatatttta tggactaaaa ttgttcctgc
241 aacaccacga cgtccttgcg tataaagact gtcttctacg gcaatatcat catcgacaat
301 gacgctggct actttaatat cttccatttc agccatttct tgagccattt caaaattcat
361 gatatcacca gaatagtttt taataaccat gaaaacaccg gcaccttcat cagctacttt
421 aattgcttct aaaatttggt ctggggttgg tgaagtaaaa actgctccac agattgctgc
481 tgaaagcatc ccttttccaa caaaaccagc atgagatggt tcatgacctg atccaccacc
541 tgaaataata gcaactttac catttttttc ggctttacgt acaataacat caaagccttc
601 taaacgtgtt actagatcgc catgcatata ggataaacct ttaagcatat catcaacaat
661 ttgacttgcg tcattcatga tttttttcac gagattacct ccaaaatttt gtttacgctt
721 tcattttaac tgttctttga tttttttaaa agggacaatt aaataaattt gtccatattc

In above example, tga and tgat are maximal pairs, since tgat is longer than tga, it
becomes super maximal repeat. tga will not become a super maximal repeat because it is
a substring of tgat. When you are selecting a maximal pair, left and right hand side
characters of the set must be different. Ex. First set of the tga has c and t as left and right
characters. Second set of the tga has g and a as left and right characters.

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