Figure 1From: Genomic multiple sequence alignments: refinement using a genetic algorithmMutation operators used in GenAlignRefine. a) Random_gap operator. Random gaps (shaded hypens) are inserted into the parent alignment to produce the offspring sequences. b) Local_gap_shuffle operator. Gaps in the parent are randomly moved to produce new offspring. c) Block_gap_shuffle operator. Contiguous blocks of gaps are randomly moved to new positions.Back to article page