Question

Which of the following is not a feature of editors and formatters?

(a) provision for displaying the sequence on a color monitor with residue colors to aid in a clear visual representation of the alignment

(b) recognition of the multiple sequence format that was output by the MSA (Multiple Sequence Alignment)  program

(c) maintenance of the alignment in a suitable format when the editing is completed

(d) disallowing shading conserved residues in the alignment

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My query is from Position in portion Multiple Sequence Alignment of Bioinformatics

Answer 1

The correct choice is (d) disallowing shading conserved residues in the alignment

The best I can explain: In addition to this, provision of a suitable windows interface, allowing use of the mouse to add, delete, or move sequence followed by an updated display of the alignment, is a feature. In addition, there are other types of editing that are commonly performed on MSAs (Multiple Sequence Alignment) program such as, for example, shading conserved residues in the alignment.