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THIS MANUAL IS FOR V6.2XX (2007)

       Recent versions (v7.1xx; 2013 Jan.) have more features than those described below.  See
       also the tips page at http://mafft.cbrc.jp/alignment/software/tips0.html

NAME

       mafft - Multiple alignment program for amino acid or nucleotide sequences

SYNOPSIS

       mafft [options] input [> output]

       linsi input [> output]

       ginsi input [> output]

       einsi input [> output]

       fftnsi input [> output]

       fftns input [> output]

       nwns input [> output]

       nwnsi input [> output]

       mafft-profile group1 group2 [> output]

                     input, group1 and group2 must be in FASTA format.

DESCRIPTION

       MAFFT is a multiple sequence alignment program for unix-like operating systems. It offers
       a range of multiple alignment methods.

   Accuracy-oriented methods:
       •   L-INS-i (probably most accurate; recommended for <200 sequences; iterative refinement
           method incorporating local pairwise alignment information):

           mafft --localpair --maxiterate 1000 input [> output]

           linsi input [> output]

       •   G-INS-i (suitable for sequences of similar lengths; recommended for <200 sequences;
           iterative refinement method incorporating global pairwise alignment information):

           mafft --globalpair --maxiterate 1000 input [> output]

           ginsi input [> output]

       •   E-INS-i (suitable for sequences containing large unalignable regions; recommended for
           <200 sequences):

           mafft --ep 0 --genafpair --maxiterate 1000 input [> output]

           einsi input [> output]

                 For E-INS-i, the --ep 0 option is recommended to allow large gaps.

   Speed-oriented methods:
       •   FFT-NS-i (iterative refinement method; two cycles only):

           mafft --retree 2 --maxiterate 2 input [> output]

           fftnsi input [> output]

       •   FFT-NS-i (iterative refinement method; max. 1000 iterations):

           mafft --retree 2 --maxiterate 1000 input [> output]

       •   FFT-NS-2 (fast; progressive method):

           mafft --retree 2 --maxiterate 0 input [> output]

           fftns input [> output]

       •   FFT-NS-1 (very fast; recommended for >2000 sequences; progressive method with a rough
           guide tree):

           mafft --retree 1 --maxiterate 0 input [> output]

       •   NW-NS-i (iterative refinement method without FFT approximation; two cycles only):

           mafft --retree 2 --maxiterate 2 --nofft input [> output]

           nwnsi input [> output]

       •   NW-NS-2 (fast; progressive method without the FFT approximation):

           mafft --retree 2 --maxiterate 0 --nofft input [> output]

           nwns input [> output]

       •   NW-NS-PartTree-1 (recommended for ~10,000 to ~50,000 sequences; progressive method
           with the PartTree algorithm):

           mafft --retree 1 --maxiterate 0 --nofft --parttree input [> output]

   Group-to-group alignments

           mafft-profile group1 group2 [> output]

           or:

           mafft --maxiterate 1000 --seed group1 --seed group2 /dev/null [> output]

OPTIONS

   Algorithm
       --auto
           Automatically selects an appropriate strategy from L-INS-i, FFT-NS-i and FFT-NS-2,
           according to data size.  Default: off (always FFT-NS-2)

       --6merpair
           Distance is calculated based on the number of shared 6mers.  Default: on

       --globalpair
           All pairwise alignments are computed with the Needleman-Wunsch algorithm.  More
           accurate but slower than --6merpair.  Suitable for a set of globally alignable
           sequences.  Applicable to up to ~200 sequences.  A combination with --maxiterate 1000
           is recommended (G-INS-i).  Default: off (6mer distance is used)

       --localpair
           All pairwise alignments are computed with the Smith-Waterman algorithm.  More accurate
           but slower than --6merpair.  Suitable for a set of locally alignable sequences.
           Applicable to up to ~200 sequences.  A combination with --maxiterate 1000 is
           recommended (L-INS-i).  Default: off (6mer distance is used)

       --genafpair
           All pairwise alignments are computed with a local algorithm with the generalized
           affine gap cost (Altschul 1998).  More accurate but slower than --6merpair.  Suitable
           when large internal gaps are expected.  Applicable to up to ~200 sequences.  A
           combination with --maxiterate 1000 is recommended (E-INS-i).  Default: off (6mer
           distance is used)

       --fastapair
           All pairwise alignments are computed with FASTA (Pearson and Lipman 1988).  FASTA is
           required.  Default: off (6mer distance is used)

       --weighti number
           Weighting factor for the consistency term calculated from pairwise alignments.  Valid
           when either of --globalpair, --localpair,  --genafpair, --fastapair or --blastpair is
           selected.  Default: 2.7

       --retree number
           Guide tree is built number times in the progressive stage.  Valid with 6mer distance.
           Default: 2

       --maxiterate number
           number cycles of iterative refinement are performed.  Default: 0

       --fft
           Use FFT approximation in group-to-group alignment.  Default: on

       --nofft
           Do not use FFT approximation in group-to-group alignment.  Default: off

       --noscore
           Alignment score is not checked in the iterative refinement stage.  Default: off (score
           is checked)

       --memsave
           Use the Myers-Miller (1988) algorithm.  Default: automatically turned on when the
           alignment length exceeds 10,000 (aa/nt).

       --parttree
           Use a fast tree-building method (PartTree, Katoh and Toh 2007) with the 6mer distance.
           Recommended for a large number (> ~10,000) of sequences are input.  Default: off

       --dpparttree
           The PartTree algorithm is used with distances based on DP.  Slightly more accurate and
           slower than --parttree.  Recommended for a large number (> ~10,000) of sequences are
           input.   Default: off

       --fastaparttree
           The PartTree algorithm is used with distances based on FASTA.  Slightly more accurate
           and slower than --parttree.  Recommended for a large number (> ~10,000) of sequences
           are input.  FASTA is required.  Default: off

       --partsize number
           The number of partitions in the PartTree algorithm.  Default: 50

       --groupsize number
           Do not make alignment larger than number sequences. Valid only with the --*parttree
           options.  Default: the number of input sequences

   Parameter
       --op number
           Gap opening penalty at group-to-group alignment.  Default: 1.53

       --ep number
           Offset value, which works like gap extension penalty, for group-to-group alignment.
           Default: 0.123

       --lop number
           Gap opening penalty at local pairwise alignment.  Valid when the --localpair or
           --genafpair option is selected.  Default: -2.00

       --lep number
           Offset value at local pairwise alignment.  Valid when the --localpair or --genafpair
           option is selected.  Default: 0.1

       --lexp number
           Gap extension penalty at local pairwise alignment.  Valid when the --localpair or
           --genafpair option is selected.  Default: -0.1

       --LOP number
           Gap opening penalty to skip the alignment.  Valid when the --genafpair option is
           selected.   Default: -6.00

       --LEXP number
           Gap extension penalty to skip the alignment.  Valid when the --genafpair option is
           selected.   Default: 0.00

       --bl number
           BLOSUM number matrix (Henikoff and Henikoff 1992) is used.  number=30, 45, 62 or 80.
           Default: 62

       --jtt number
           JTT PAM number (Jones et al. 1992) matrix is used.  number>0.  Default: BLOSUM62

       --tm number
           Transmembrane PAM number (Jones et al. 1994) matrix is used.  number>0.  Default:
           BLOSUM62

       --aamatrix matrixfile
           Use a user-defined AA scoring matrix.  The format of matrixfile is the same to that of
           BLAST.  Ignored when nucleotide sequences are input.   Default: BLOSUM62

       --fmodel
           Incorporate the AA/nuc composition information into the scoring matrix.  Default: off

   Output
       --clustalout
           Output format: clustal format.  Default: off (fasta format)

       --inputorder
           Output order: same as input.  Default: on

       --reorder
           Output order: aligned.  Default: off (inputorder)

       --treeout
           Guide tree is output to the input.tree file.  Default: off

       --quiet
           Do not report progress.  Default: off

   Input
       --nuc
           Assume the sequences are nucleotide.  Default: auto

       --amino
           Assume the sequences are amino acid.  Default: auto

       --seed alignment1 [--seed alignment2 --seed alignment3 ...]
           Seed alignments given in alignment_n (fasta format) are aligned with sequences in
           input.  The alignment within every seed is preserved.

FILES

       Mafft stores the input sequences and other files in a temporary directory, which by
       default is located in /tmp.

ENVIONMENT

       MAFFT_BINARIES
           Indicates the location of the binary files used by mafft. By default, they are
           searched in /usr/local/lib/mafft, but on Debian systems, they are searched in
           /usr/lib/mafft.

       FASTA_4_MAFFT
           This variable can be set to indicate to mafft the location to the fasta34 program if
           it is not in the PATH.

SEE ALSO

       mafft-homologs(1)

REFERENCES

   In English
       •   Katoh and Toh (Bioinformatics 23:372-374, 2007) PartTree: an algorithm to build an
           approximate tree from a large number of unaligned sequences (describes the PartTree
           algorithm).

       •   Katoh, Kuma, Toh and Miyata (Nucleic Acids Res. 33:511-518, 2005) MAFFT version 5:
           improvement in accuracy of multiple sequence alignment (describes [ancestral versions
           of] the G-INS-i, L-INS-i and E-INS-i strategies)

       •   Katoh, Misawa, Kuma and Miyata (Nucleic Acids Res. 30:3059-3066, 2002) MAFFT: a novel
           method for rapid multiple sequence alignment based on fast Fourier transform
           (describes the FFT-NS-1, FFT-NS-2 and FFT-NS-i strategies)

   In Japanese
       •   Katoh and Misawa (Seibutsubutsuri 46:312-317, 2006) Multiple Sequence Alignments: the
           Next Generation

       •   Katoh and Kuma (Kagaku to Seibutsu 44:102-108, 2006) Jissen-teki Multiple Alignment

AUTHORS

       Kazutaka Katoh <kazutaka.katoh_at_aist.go.jp>
           Wrote Mafft.

       Charles Plessy <charles-debian-nospam_at_plessy.org>
           Wrote this manpage in DocBook XML for the Debian distribution, using Mafft's homepage
           as a template.

COPYRIGHT

       Copyright © 2002-2007 Kazutaka Katoh (mafft)
       Copyright © 2007 Charles Plessy (this manpage)

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