Basic Local Alignment Search Tool (BLAST)
The a) BLAST algorithm, and b) a suite of database search programs that implement variations of this algorithm to generate alignments between a nucleotide or protein sequence in a query, and nucleotide or protein sequences within a database.
Committee
Wildlife Forensic Biology
Date Added to Lexicon
Standard Source (Designation Number Title of Standard. Publisher, Place, Year.)
ANSI/ASB Standard 180-24 Standard for the Selection and Evaluation of GenBank® Results for Taxonomic Assignment of Wildlife . AAFS Academy Standards Board (ASB), 410 North 21st Street, Colorado Springs, CO , 2024.
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