Seqotron: a user-friendly sequence editor for Mac OS X. (December 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Fourment, Mathieu; Holmes, Edward
• Is Part Of: BMC research notes. Volume 9:Number 1(2016)
• Page Start: 1
• Page End: 4
• Publication Date: 2016-12
• Subjects: Sequence editor -- Alignment -- Phylogenetics; Medicine -- Periodicals; Biology -- Periodicals; 610.5
• DOI: 10.1186/s13104-016-1927-4
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1756-0500

Abstract

Abstract Background Accurate multiple sequence alignment is central to bioinformatics and molecular evolutionary analyses. Although sophisticated sequence alignment programs are available, manual adjustments are often required to improve alignment quality. Unfortunately, few programs offer a simple and intuitive way to edit sequence alignments. Results We present Seqotron, a sequence editor that reads and writes files in a wide variety of sequence formats. Sequences can be easily aligned and manually edited using the mouse and keyboard. The program also allows the user to estimate both phylogenetic trees and distance matrices. Conclusions Seqotron will benefit researchers who need to manipulate and align complex sequence data. Seqotron is a Mac OS X compatible open source project and is available from Githubhttps://github.com/4ment/seqotron/ .