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Base Numbers At Transitions<br />

Clicking Base Numbers at Transitions displays or hides the numbers showing<br />

approximate positions of the coverage transitions.<br />

Base Numbers At Every x Bases<br />

Selecting Base Numbers Every x Bases shows the base numbers at constant intervals.<br />

Condensed Base Numbers<br />

Selecting the Condensed Base Numbers option changes the font of the base numbers to<br />

a compressed version. This option can be used with either Base Numbers at Transitions<br />

or Base Numbers at Every x Bases.<br />

Getting more information<br />

Find<br />

You can search for a specific subsequence in your contig. Fragments, which contain the<br />

subsequence, will appear with a heavier line in the Overview.<br />

You can choose to find the first occurrence by clicking the Find button. You can search<br />

for subsequent occurrences using the Find Next button. Three radio buttons allow you<br />

to control the specificity of the search by choosing Exact Matches, Specified Bases<br />

(which would allow you to use ambiguity codes such as W to find T or A).<br />

You can use the Any Ambiguous Base comm<strong>and</strong>, which will find any degenerate DNA<br />

that may match. There is also a drop down menu from which you may choose restriction<br />

enzyme sequences.<br />

If you have used a Reference Sequence <strong>and</strong> want to include it in the search, select the<br />

Include Reference Sequence in Find checkbox<br />

Close the dialog box by pressing Done.<br />

Get Info<br />

Summary information about the open contig can be obtained by pressing the Get Info<br />

button or go to the File menu <strong>and</strong> click on the Get Info comm<strong>and</strong>.<br />

The Bases View<br />

Working in the Bases View<br />

To get from the Overview to the view used for editing a contig, click the Bases button.<br />

Alternatively, you can go to the View menu <strong>and</strong> then go to the Bases, Map, Overview…<br />

submenu <strong>and</strong> choose Bases. <strong>Sequencher</strong> displays the contig editing window shown in<br />

Figure 11-5.<br />

SEQUENCHER <strong>4.8</strong> <strong>User</strong> <strong>Manual</strong> for Windows © 1991 - 2007 Gene Codes Corporation, Inc. All rights reserved.<br />

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