Qual sequence format

Description

The qual sequence format is a FASTA-like format which stores numerical quality values for each nucleotide or amino acid. It is used by CAP3 and Phrap.

This file format can be parsed by the Bio::SeqIO system using the Bio::SeqIO::qual module.

See also the FASTQ format.

Example

>HSMETOO 134bp
10 20 30 40 50 50 50 50 50 20 25 25 30 30 20 15 20 35 50 50 50 50 50 50 
50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 
50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 
50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 
50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 50 
50 50 50 20 30 20 10 10

See also

Bio::Seq::Quality