Question
What does the word ‘hit’ mean in the context of BLAST?
a. A database sequence
b. An input sequence
c. The query
d. The sequence I pasted to run my BLAST program
a. A database sequence
b. An input sequence
c. The query
d. The sequence I pasted to run my BLAST program
Answers
GPT-4o mini
In the context of BLAST (Basic Local Alignment Search Tool), a "hit" refers to:
**a. A database sequence**
A hit represents a sequence in the database that has significant similarity to the input or query sequence you are searching with.
**a. A database sequence**
A hit represents a sequence in the database that has significant similarity to the input or query sequence you are searching with.