BlastEd

BlastEd is a collection of educational resources for learning about genetic sequence alignment and the BLAST algorithm.

Resources

• Biological Introduction (for computer science and mathematics students)
  • Genes and DNA
  • Genetic Inheritance and Common Ancestry,
  • Important questions that are addressed by DNA sequence alignment
• Computational Introduction (for biology students)
• Mathematical Derivation [pdf]
• An Introduction to BLAST
• JASAT a java applet that illustrates important features of the BLAST algorithm.
• Introduction to "the Neanderthal paper"

Contributing Authors

This site is still under construction, but the links should be usable. Feedback can be sent to {adams,rpruim,smatheso} AT institution DOT edu after selecting one or more of the authors, deleting spaces and making obvious substitutions (e.g., institution is calvin).