[med-svn] r11236 - trunk/packages/prank/trunk/debian

[Andreas Tille]

Author: tille
Date: 2012-06-06 13:50:20 +0000 (Wed, 06 Jun 2012)
New Revision: 11236

Modified:
   trunk/packages/prank/trunk/debian/control
Log:
Took over more verbose description from task file


Modified: trunk/packages/prank/trunk/debian/control
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--- trunk/packages/prank/trunk/debian/control	2012-06-06 13:49:17 UTC (rev 11235)
+++ trunk/packages/prank/trunk/debian/control	2012-06-06 13:50:20 UTC (rev 11236)
@@ -13,13 +13,30 @@
 Architecture: any
 Depends: ${shlibs:Depends}, ${misc:Depends}
 Enhances: t-coffee
-Description: Probabilistic Alignment Kit for biological sequences
- PRANK is a probabilistic multiple alignment program for DNA, codon and
- amino-acid sequences. It's based on a novel algorithm that treats insertions
- correctly and avoids over-estimation of the number of deletion events.
+Description: Probabilistic Alignment Kit for DNA, codon and amino-acid sequences
+ PRANK is a probabilistic multiple alignment program for DNA, codon
+ and amino-acid sequences. It's based on a novel algorithm that treats
+ insertions correctly and avoids over-estimation of the number of
+ deletion events. In addition, PRANK borrows ideas from maximum
+ likelihood methods used in phylogenetics and correctly takes into
+ account the evolutionary distances between sequences. Lastly, PRANK
+ allows for defining a potential structure for sequences to be aligned
+ and then, simultaneously with the alignment, predicts the locations
+ of structural units in the sequences.
  .
- In addition, PRANK borrows ideas from maximum likelihood methods used in
- phylogenetics and correctly takes into account the evolutionary distances
- between sequences. Lastly, PRANK allows for defining a potential structure
- for sequences to be aligned and then, simultaneously with the alignment,
- predicts the locations of structural units in the sequences.
+ PRANK is a command-line program for Unix-style environments but the
+ same sequence alignment engine is implemented in the graphical
+ program PRANKSTER. In addition to providing a user-friendly interface
+ to those not familiar with Unix systems, PRANKSTER is an alignment
+ browser for alignments saved in the HSAML format. The novel format
+ allows for storing all the information generated by the aligner and
+ the alignment browser is a convenient way to analyse and manipulate
+ the data.
+ .
+ PRANK aims at an evolutionarily correct sequence alignment and often
+ the result looks different from ones generated with other alignment
+ methods. There are, however, cases where the different look is caused
+ by violations of the method's assumptions. To understand why things
+ may go wrong and how to avoid that, read this explanation of
+ differences between PRANK and traditional progressive alignment
+ methods.