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BLAST versus ThermoBLAST™
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BLAST
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ThermoBLAST™
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Scan sequences against whole genomes in seconds?
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Yes
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Yes
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Most accurate tool for screening probes/primers?
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No
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Yes
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Identify all mishybridizations?
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No
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Yes
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Determine if extensible by polymerase?
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No
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Yes
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Calculate thermodynamics?
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No
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Yes
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Sequence dependence of matches and mismatches?
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No
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Yes
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Account for solution conditions?
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No
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Yes
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Include RNA and DNA-RNA hybrids?
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No
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Yes
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