Examples of how alignment seeds work.
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Examples of how alignment seeds work.
Larger word sizes usually mean that there are fewer regions to evaluate (e.g., part a versus part b). Once an alignment is seeded, BLAST extends the alignment according to a threshold (T), which is set by the user. When performing a BLAST query, the computer extends words with a neighborhood score greater than T (part c).
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Awash in a sea of data, how do scientists identify the function of a newly cloned gene? Online resources like the Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST) provide a helping hand.
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