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diff --git a/src/jalview/datamodel/SequenceGroup.java b/src/jalview/datamodel/SequenceGroup.java
index 6b797d7..3bf7bc4 100755
--- a/src/jalview/datamodel/SequenceGroup.java
+++ b/src/jalview/datamodel/SequenceGroup.java
@@ -88,7 +88,7 @@ public class SequenceGroup implements AnnotatedCollectionI
   /**
    * group members
    */
-  private List<SequenceI> sequences = new ArrayList<>();
+  private List<SequenceI> sequences;
 
   /**
    * representative sequence for this group (if any)
@@ -102,11 +102,15 @@ public class SequenceGroup implements AnnotatedCollectionI
    */
   public ResidueShaderI cs;
 
-  // start column (base 0)
-  int startRes = 0;
+  /**
+   * start column (base 0)
+   */
+  private int startRes = 0;
 
-  // end column (base 0)
-  int endRes = 0;
+  /**
+   *  end column (base 0)
+   */
+  private int endRes = 0;
 
   public Color outlineColour = Color.black;
 
@@ -158,6 +162,7 @@ public class SequenceGroup implements AnnotatedCollectionI
   {
     groupName = "JGroup:" + this.hashCode();
     cs = new ResidueShader();
+    sequences = new ArrayList<>();
   }
 
   /**
@@ -209,6 +214,7 @@ public class SequenceGroup implements AnnotatedCollectionI
       displayBoxes = seqsel.displayBoxes;
       displayText = seqsel.displayText;
       colourText = seqsel.colourText;
+      
       startRes = seqsel.startRes;
       endRes = seqsel.endRes;
       cs = new ResidueShader((ResidueShader) seqsel.cs);
@@ -238,6 +244,17 @@ public class SequenceGroup implements AnnotatedCollectionI
     }
   }
 
+  /**
+   * Constructor that copies the given list of sequences
+   * 
+   * @param seqs
+   */
+  public SequenceGroup(List<SequenceI> seqs)
+  {
+    this();
+    this.sequences.addAll(seqs);
+  }
+
   public boolean isShowSequenceLogo()
   {
     return showSequenceLogo;
@@ -752,13 +769,16 @@ public class SequenceGroup implements AnnotatedCollectionI
   /**
    * Set the first column selected by this group. Runs from 0<=i<N_cols
    * 
-   * @param i
+   * @param newStart
    */
-  public void setStartRes(int i)
+  public void setStartRes(int newStart)
   {
     int before = startRes;
-    startRes = i;
-    changeSupport.firePropertyChange(SEQ_GROUP_CHANGED, before, startRes);
+   startRes= Math.max(0,newStart); // sanity check for negative start column positions
+   changeSupport.firePropertyChange(SEQ_GROUP_CHANGED, before, startRes);
+    
+
+
   }
 
   /**
@@ -1189,9 +1209,10 @@ public class SequenceGroup implements AnnotatedCollectionI
     {
       if (consensus.annotations[i] != null)
       {
-        if (consensus.annotations[i].description.charAt(0) == '[')
+        String desc = consensus.annotations[i].description;
+        if (desc.length() > 1 && desc.charAt(0) == '[')
         {
-          seqs.append(consensus.annotations[i].description.charAt(1));
+          seqs.append(desc.charAt(1));
         }
         else
         {