BIOI606

Sequence Alignment

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In-depth coverage of biological sequence alignment including the following: definitions, algorithms, and statistics for local, global, pairwise, and multiple alignments; scoring schemes; BLAST, BLAST variants, and similar programs; motif finding; and related topics.

Spring 2026

Stephen Altschul

1 review
Average rating: 5.00

Spring 2025

Stephen Altschul

1 review
Average rating: 5.00

Past Semesters

Stephen Altschul

1 review
Average rating: 5.00

During the Spring 2020 and Spring 2021 semesters, students could choose to take some of their courses pass-fail mid-semester which skews grade data aggregated across multiple semesters.

Average GPA of 3.38 between 20 students*

BIOI606 Grade Distribution+-0510152025303540455055% of studentsABCDFWother
A-: 15%
A: 40%
B-: 25%
B+: 15%
D: 5%
* "W"s are considered to be 0.0 quality points. "Other" grades are not factored into GPA calculation. Grade data not guaranteed to be correct.