Question

Which of the given statements is incorrect about READSEQ?

(a) It is an extremely useful sequence formatting program developed by D. G. Gilbert at Indiana University, Bloomington

(b) It was developed at Indiana University, Bloomington

(c) It can recognize a DNA or protein sequence file in any of the formats

(d) It can recognize a DNA or protein sequence file in some particular formats

The question was asked during an internship interview.

The above asked question is from Multiple Sequence Formats & Storage of Information in a Sequence Database topic in chapter Collecting & Storing Sequences in Laboratory of Bioinformatics

Answer 1

The correct choice is (d) It can recognize a DNA or protein sequence file in some particular formats

The explanation: It can identify the format, and write a new file with an alternative format. Some of these formats are used for special types of analyses such as multiple sequence alignment and phylogenetic analysis.