yep, I've become a videoblogger, at least sometimes. See the first video below. Be kind in the comments, this is a new thing for me. This video introduces the different blast programs, discusses word size, and how blastn works, the blastn score and the E value. The treatment is light ...
Here's a fun puzzler for you to figure out. The blast graph is here: The table with scores is here, click the table to see a bigger image: And here is the puzzling part: Why is the total score so high? If you want to repeat this for yourself, go ...
