Brian wrote:
> I am looking for a shareware/freeware program for the macintosh which will
> be able to use editseq files generated from the DNAstar programs EditSeq and
> Seqman for alignment purposes. If there is a program that will do this,
> will it also save the alignment in NEXUS format? I am hoping to do more
> work from my home computer and can't afford my personal copy of the DNAStar
> tools, unless someone has a free copy they can give me.
Brian -
I believe both Editseq and Seqman will export sequences in formats that
are understood by most alignment programs (relevant formats include:
fasta, GCG, genbank).
One excellent free alignment tool is ClustalX which is also available
for the (power?)Mac:
ftp://ftp-igbmc.u-strasbg.fr/pub/ClustalX/
(you want the file "clustalx1.81.PPC.sea.Hqx")
The program "readseq" will convert between different file formats
(including Nexus/PAUP) and is also available for the Mac:
http://iubio.bio.indiana.edu/soft/molbio/mac/ (in the file "readseq.hqx"
- there are lots of other good programs for the mac here).
Hope this helps!
Anders
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