Re: [SO-devel] GFF3, representing frameshifts, and software limitations

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Hi Terence,

I know we are talking about -1/+1 shifts but should we also be talking about 
"programmed translational hop"s as well ?

I don't want to over-generalise because I realise only too well that this can 
lead to paralysis because of the difficulty of coming up with a general 
solution.

So...I like the idea of overlaps and micro-introns as we will be able to 
represent all of these types of frameshifts. Down-stream software will need to 
handle this which shouldn't be that onerous ?

Ed
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