Bug#627391: ITP: prank -- The Probabilistic Alignment Kit for biological sequences

[Manuel Prinz <manuel@debian.org>]

Package: wnpp
Severity: wishlist
Owner: Manuel Prinz <manuel@debian.org>


* Package name    : prank
  Version         : 100802
  Upstream Author : Ari Loytynoja
* URL             : http://www.ebi.ac.uk/goldman-srv/prank/src/prank/
* License         : GPL2+
  Programming Lang: C++
  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.
 .
 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.

The package was prepared during the Debian Med meeting in Travemünde and is
mostly ready for uploading to the archive.