In teaching an undergraduate bioinformatics module, I've been contemplating how to engage the students using examples of historic milestones in the application of sequence alignment. I have a few good examples in mind, but I'd be interested in recommendations and suggestions. But here's what I don't want: Examples that show off algorithmic cleverness or bioinformatics computing power as such. These are life sciences students, and I want to provide examples of real biological advances that have utilized sequence alignment.
This is a very nice example, exactly along the lines I was looking for! Thanks!