For K-12 Students · Sequence Alignment
Sequence Alignment for a metabolic pathway
Built for k-12 students learning it in middle or high school. Watch the idea come alive with plain-language steps and everyday examples — perfect for projects and homework. Simulate a metabolic pathway live below — adjust the inputs and watch it respond, right in your browser.
Sequence Alignment (Needleman-Wunsch)Live
global DNA alignment
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The Needleman-Wunsch algorithm finds the optimal global alignment of two sequences by dynamic programming, filling a scoring matrix and tracing back the best path. It is the foundation of bioinformatics — comparing genes, proteins, and genomes. The heatmap shows the accumulated score matrix.
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Governing equation
Reading this result: Low similarity: only 0% of columns match (score 0). The optimal alignment leans on -2-penalty gaps and mismatches, so the sequences share little common structure.
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