Dear Colleagues,
I am seeking guidance on a specific issue regarding the output of a blast analysis. In the results, I frequently encounter multiple gene IDs that share a similar sequence, but are appended with additional suffixes, such as ".1", ".2", etc. For example, I may see both Solyc09G000462|Solyc09T000462.1 and Solyc09G000462|Solyc09T000462.2.
After examining these gene IDs, I have observed that they possess similar protein sequences. My question is: which gene ID should I consider as the primary or representative sequence for further analysis? Should I retain all instances or prioritize only one?
Your insight on this matter would be greatly appreciated.
Sometimes researchers change published sequences as they work on them. For instance, they sequence the same sample with better technology. The GenBank allows them to correct their sequence. The first version is .1, the next version .2 etc.
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