I want to run STRUCTURE on a nuclear gene of an insect species. The sequences that I have received are showing the presence of degenerate nucleotides in the consensus sequences. Do I need to edit the degenerate nucleotides for STRUCTURE to run properly? I am confused since I might be removing the heterozygosity signal if I edit the degenerate nucleotides.
I want to know whether STRUCTURE will run with degenerate nucleotides present in the sequences.