[Genome] blat quirk in -blast output mode

[Galt Barber]

Hi, Adnan,

I looked at the source code, in lib/blastOut.c,
and what you stated is correct.  I reported it
to Jim Kent, the developer of BLAT.

Thanks very much for the helpful feedback!

-Galt


On Tue, 22 Apr 2008, Derti, Adnan wrote:

> Hi.
>
> This is not exactly a serious problem, but in -blast output mode, blat 
> (v. 34) reports matches on opposite strands as "Minus / Plus", so that 
> the coordinates of the query are descending and those of the subject are 
> ascending. BLAST itself does the opposite (Plus / Minus).
>
> In -blast8 mode, blat reports coordinates just as BLAST does in tabular 
> format, with those of the query always in ascending order.
>
> Thanks.
>
> aDNAn
>
>
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