In bioinformatics, the term BLAST refers to

1.	In bioinformatics, the term BLAST refers to
A.	database retrieval tool
B.	computational tool for sequence homology searching and alignment
C.	computational tool to view genomic sequences
D.	computational tool to view protein structures
Answer» C. computational tool to view genomic sequences

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