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diff --git a/src/jalview/datamodel/Alignment.java b/src/jalview/datamodel/Alignment.java
index 507102e..92ef23a 100755
--- a/src/jalview/datamodel/Alignment.java
+++ b/src/jalview/datamodel/Alignment.java
@@ -427,6 +427,28 @@ public class Alignment implements AlignmentI
         return null;
     }
 
+    public SequenceI [] findSequenceMatch(String name)
+    {
+      Vector matches = new Vector();
+      int i = 0;
+
+      while (i < sequences.size())
+      {
+          if (getSequenceAt(i).getName().equals(name))
+          {
+              matches.addElement(getSequenceAt(i));
+          }
+          i++;
+      }
+
+      SequenceI [] result = new SequenceI[matches.size()];
+      for(i=0; i<result.length; i++)
+        result[i] = (SequenceI)matches.elementAt(i);
+
+      return result;
+
+    }
+
 
     /**    */
     public int findIndex(SequenceI s)