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title: 'blaster: Native R Implementation of an Efficient BLAST-Like Algorithm'
version: 1.0.9
doi: 10.32614/CRAN.package.blaster
abstract: Implementation of an efficient BLAST-like sequence comparison algorithm,
  written in 'C++11' and using native R datatypes. Blaster is based on 'nsearch' -
  Schmid et al (2018) <https://doi.org/10.1101/399782>.
authors:
- family-names: Tamminen
  given-names: Manu
  email: mavatam@utu.fi
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5891-7653
- family-names: Julian
  given-names: Timothy
  email: tim.julian@eawag.ch
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-1000-0306
- family-names: Jeevennavar
  given-names: Aditya
  email: aditya.a.jeevannavar@utu.fi
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0737-7316
- family-names: Schmid
  given-names: Steven
  email: stevschmid@gmail.com
repository: https://tamminenlab.r-universe.dev
repository-code: https://github.com/tamminenlab/blaster
commit: b14a7d5b2df38ea27c9bb49744fafaef6dccfd87
url: https://github.com/tamminenlab/blaster
date-released: '2026-04-24'
contact:
- family-names: Tamminen
  given-names: Manu
  email: mavatam@utu.fi
  orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5891-7653