Idrowa le-heatmap lisetshenziselwa ukudweba imephu yokushisa, elingahlunga, lilungise futhi lisebenzise idatha ye-cluster matrix. Lisetshenziswa kakhulu ekuhlaziyweni kwe-cluster yezinga lokubonakaliswa kwezakhi zofuzo phakathi kwamasampula ahlukene.
Ukunamathisela imisebenzi yezinto eziphilayo ku-sequences kufayela le-FASTA ngokuvumelanisa i-sequences ku-database, okuhlanganisa i-NR, i-KEGG, i-COG, i-SwissProt, i-TrEMBL, i-KOG, i-Pfam.
I-BLAST (Ithuluzi Lokusesha Lokuqondanisa Kwendawo Eliyisisekelo) iyi-algorithm kanye nohlelo lokuthola izifunda ezinezilandelaniso ezifanayo zezinto eziphilayo. Iqhathanisa lezi zilandelaniso nama-database okulandelelana futhi ibala ukubaluleka kwezibalo. I-BLAST inezinhlobo ezine zamathuluzi ngokusekelwe ohlotsheni lokulandelelana: i-blastn, i-lastp, i-blastx kanye ne-tblastn.