SECTION 1

Introduction
Cell parts
Main office
Nucleus

SECTION 2
Computers
DNA
The Bases
Base Pairing

SECTION 3
Reading DNA

HGP 
Sequence
Supercomputers
Hemoglobin 
Protein

SECTION 4
Conclusion
Learn More

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A supercomputer allows a scientist or student to perform many different manipulations on the DNA sequence they are working on. 

By cutting and pasting your sequence right into your workstation, you can search for a sequence that is the same as or similar to your sequence.  The computer is comparing your sequence to all of the sequences in a particular database. 

The computer can line up your sequence with another sequence to make it easy to compare.  It can even read the sequence and determine the amino acids that will make up the protein. Several sequences can be compared at once and it can calculate the degree of relatedness between the sequences.  This takes us to the study of evolution.

If you don't have a sequence, but would like to study the DNA sequence for a protein like hemoglobin, the supercomputer can find it for you.