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indicate that there is an associated confidence or quality score range for the variant.<br />

Variants that require additional checking because they have a low confidence or quality<br />

score will be highlighted with dark blue. Those with medium or high confidence scores<br />

will be highlighted with a medium or pale blue background.<br />

If you click on Display Color Bases <strong>and</strong> Display Colors as Backgrounds it can help<br />

you to see patterns in your data (see Figure 13-14). You can use Base Ambiguities As to<br />

distinguish ambiguous or edited bases. You can also toggle the display of features from<br />

the View menu.<br />

You can use the Label comm<strong>and</strong> to mark sequences in the table. Set your preferences<br />

using the Label & Name preferences pane. Use the boxes grouped under Available<br />

Labels in the preference pane to choose label colors <strong>and</strong> descriptions for marking<br />

individual sequences. Select the sequence you want to label by clicking its column<br />

header. Go to the Edit menu <strong>and</strong> choose the Label submenu. The display name of the<br />

sequence will change to match the color of the Label. (See Figure 13-14.) Notice how the<br />

tool tip provides the name of the sample, its label <strong>and</strong> other attributes.<br />

(Refer to Chapter 21 “Customizing <strong>Sequencher</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>User</strong> Preferences” for more detailed<br />

information.)<br />

Figure 13-14 The Variance Table Display Options<br />

Setting the Consensus Calculation for a Variance Table<br />

You can generate a Variance Table where the exemplar is a consensus sequence rather<br />

then the Reference Sequence by using the Compare Bases To comm<strong>and</strong> from the<br />

Sequence menu. You generate a consensus Variance Table using the Compare<br />

Consensus to Reference comm<strong>and</strong> from the Contig menu.<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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