BLAST settings review activity

  • Due No due date
  • Points 6
  • Questions 6
  • Time Limit None
  • Allowed Attempts Unlimited

Instructions

From the BLAST (https://blast.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Blast.cgi) homepage, go to the Nucleotide BLAST. 

Make sure the program selection is set to Optimize for Highly similar sequences (megablast)

Click on the + Symbol next to Algorithm parameters near the bottom of the page. 

Make sure nothing is highlighted in yellow. If something is, click on "Restore default search parameters near the top right part of the Algorithm parameters section.