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pcrout file
 
The pcrout file contains hits generated by the search_pcr command. It is a tabbed text file with the following fields.
 
Field   Description
1   Query label.
2   Query start position (one-based relative to the start of the plus strand, even if the hit is reverse-complemented).
3   Query end position (one-based relative to the start of the plus strand, even if the hit is reverse-complemented).
4   Query sequence length.
5   Label of first primer.
6   Strand of first primer match.
7   Alignment of first primer in "dot" format. Letters that match the primer are shown as dots, letters indicate query sequence letters that do not match.
8   Label of second primer.
9   Strand of second primer match..
10   Alignment of second primer in "dot" format (see field 7).
11   Amplicon length.
12   Amplicon sequence, i.e. the segment of the query sequence that matches the primer. The letters that match the primers are included.