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diff --git a/src/jalview/datamodel/SequenceI.java b/src/jalview/datamodel/SequenceI.java
index 5c15108..c11ebc2 100755
--- a/src/jalview/datamodel/SequenceI.java
+++ b/src/jalview/datamodel/SequenceI.java
@@ -282,5 +282,12 @@ public interface SequenceI
    * @return null or array of annotations.
    */
   public AlignmentAnnotation[] getAnnotation(String label);
+  /**
+   * create a new dataset sequence (if necessary) 
+   * for this sequence and sets this sequence to refer to it.
+   * This call will move any features or references on the sequence onto the dataset.
+   * @return dataset sequence for this sequence
+   */
+  public SequenceI createDatasetSequence();
 
 }