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+<head><title>Conservation Calculation</title></head>\r
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<p><em>Conservation Colours</em></p>\r
-<p>This option is based on the AMAS method of multiple sequence alignment analysis \r
- (Livingstone C.D. and Barton G.J. (1993), Protein Sequence Alignments: A Strategy \r
- for the Hierarchical Analysis of Residue Conservation.CABIOS Vol. 9 No. 6 (745-756)). \r
+<p>This option is based on the AMAS method of multiple sequence alignment analysis\r
+ (Livingstone C.D. and Barton G.J. (1993), Protein Sequence Alignments: A Strategy\r
+ for the Hierarchical Analysis of Residue Conservation.CABIOS Vol. 9 No. 6 (745-756)).\r
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- Hierarchical analysis is based on each residue having certain physico-chemical \r
+ Hierarchical analysis is based on each residue having certain physico-chemical\r
properties.</p>\r
-<p>The alignment can first be divided into groups. This is best done by first \r
- creating an average distance tree (Calculate->Average distance tree). Selecting \r
- a position on the tree will cluster the sequences into groups depending on the \r
- position selected. Each group is coloured a different colour which is used for \r
- both the ids in the tree and alignment windows and the sequences themselves. \r
- If a PCA window is visible a visual comparison can be made between the clustering \r
+<p>The alignment can first be divided into groups. This is best done by first\r
+ creating an average distance tree (Calculate->Average distance tree). Selecting\r
+ a position on the tree will cluster the sequences into groups depending on the\r
+ position selected. Each group is coloured a different colour which is used for\r
+ both the ids in the tree and alignment windows and the sequences themselves.\r
+ If a PCA window is visible a visual comparison can be made between the clustering\r
based on the tree and the PCA. </p>\r
-<p>The grouping by tree may not be satisfactory and the user may want to edit \r
+<p>The grouping by tree may not be satisfactory and the user may want to edit\r
the groups to put any outliers together. </p>\r
-<p>When the conservation option is selected the existing colour scheme is modified \r
- so that the most conserved columns in each group have the most intense colours \r
+<p>When the conservation option is selected the existing colour scheme is modified\r
+ so that the most conserved columns in each group have the most intense colours\r
and the least conserved are the palest.</p>\r
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