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diff --git a/biology/blast/pkg-descr b/biology/blast/pkg-descr new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..902e6fbcb5be --- /dev/null +++ b/biology/blast/pkg-descr @@ -0,0 +1,18 @@ +Washington University BLAST (WU BLAST) version 2.0 is a powerful +software package for gene and protein identification, using sensitive, +selective and rapid similarity searches of protein and nucleotide +sequence databases. WU BLAST 2.0 builds upon WU BLAST 1.4, which in turn +was based on the public domain NCBI BLAST version 1.4. While NCBI BLAST +and WU BLAST 1.4 are in the public domain, WU BLAST 2.0 contains +significant new features and extended capabilities, the development of +which began in late 1994, at Washington University in Saint Louis. First +released in May 1996, or more than a year ahead of the NCBI, WU BLAST +2.0 is the original gapped BLAST with statistics and is known for +setting higher standards for sensitivity, speed, correctness and +accuracy, scalability and reliability than competing programs and +implementations. WU BLAST is neither a re-hashed nor "Mac-ified" version +of NCBI BLAST, although WU BLAST in many ways is easier to use. WU BLAST +essentially shares no code with NCBI BLAST, except for portions that +both packages derived from ungapped NCBI BLAST 1.4. + +WWW: http://blast.wustl.edu |