Coding sequences : a history of sequence comparison algorithms as a scientific instrument

• Main Author: Stevens, Hallam
• Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/79668; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/18177; http://muse.jhu.edu/journals/posc/summary/v019/19.3.stevens.html
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Sequence comparison algorithms are sophisticated pieces of software that compare and match identical or similar regions of DNA, RNA, or protein sequence. This paper examines the origins and development of these algorithms from the 1960s to the 1990s. By treating this software as a kind of scientific...