equicktandem is a simple program that looks for segments in which each base tends to match the base 'repeatsize' back, i.e. with an autocorrelation peak at 'repeatsize'. This can allow drift in the repeating sequence, i.e. it does not look for a consensus sequence for the whole repeat block (that is what etandem does). But it is much quicker than etandem. It does not account for gaps.
The score is +1 for a match to the corresponding base 'repeatsize' back and -1 for a mismatch.
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By default equicktandem writes a 'table' report file.
equicktandem identifies regions wich are likely to contain tanden repeats. tandem should then be run on those regions to confirm them and to get an accurate specification of the repeats. tandem runs slowly.
This application was modified for inclusion in EMBOSS by