Comparison View

This part of the window shows the comparison between the two sequences. Each red/pink box corresponds to single match, with red representing a good match and white/pale pink a lower scoring match. This view cannot be scrolled directly, instead it tracks the movement of the subject and query sequence views (see the section called The DNA Views).

See 4 to see where this view fits in the main window.

Controls

The vertical scrollbar at the right of the view sets the minimum size (in bases on the subject sequence) of the matches that are displayed. The default is 1, so when started ACT will show all matches.

Double clicking the mouse on one of the matches will cause the sequence views to align around that match.

The third mouse button will pop up a gadget that allows the matches to be filtered on score. Currently the "score" for blast matches is actually the percent identity. (See the section called Notes on Using The Mouse if you don't have three buttons on your mouse).