BLAST & Minimap2

Sequence similarity search and long-read alignment. BLAST finds homologous sequences across species. Minimap2 aligns long Oxford Nanopore and PacBio reads. Both are used weekly in plant genomics.

Week 15Timeline

~7 hrsStudy time

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What you'll learn

Topics covered in this module

blastn · blastp · blastx

E-value interpretation

Minimap2

PAF format

Output parsing in Python

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Lessons

8 lessons in this module

01What is Sequence Search? BLAST conceptsLive →

02Installing BLAST & making a local databaseComing soon

03Running blastn, blastp, blastxComing soon

04Parsing BLAST output (tabular format)Coming soon

05Introduction to Minimap2Coming soon

06Long-read alignment with Minimap2Coming soon

07Comparing BLAST vs Minimap2 — when to use whichComing soon

08Capstone: annotate unknown sequencesComing soon

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