Conservation Scores Along Sequences


All CLC bio’s workbenches include are able to show the conservation of all sequence positions below alignments. The height of the bars in the view reflects how conserved that particular position is in the alignment. If one position is 100% conserved the bar will shown in full height.

These options are available:

  • Foreground color. Colors the letters using a gradient, where the right side color is used for highly conserved positions and the left side color is used for positions that are less conserved.
  • Background color. Sets a background color of the residues using a gradient in the same way as described above.
  • Graph (on/off). Displays or removes the conservation level as a graph at the bottom of the alignment.
    - Height.
    - Type. The type of the graph. (Line plot/Bar plot/Color bar)
    - Color.