
MAFFT
Accurate multiple sequence alignment, many strategies
MAFFT produces accurate multiple sequence alignments with progressive and iterative strategies ranging from ultra-fast FFT-based methods to consistency-based refinement. Options trade runtime for accuracy on datasets from a few sequences to tens of thousands. The general-purpose aligner for routine MSA construction.
MAFFT is live on MolPilot — paste a sequence and press Fold.
At a glance
- Input
- Sequences (FASTA)
- Output
- Multiple sequence alignment (FASTA)
- Developed by
- Osaka University
- Published
- Katoh & Standley, MBE 2013 · 2005
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