User guide

Lanes

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Align Band Types

The Align Band Types checkbox will become active if any of the lanes being

proﬁled includes deﬁned band types (see section 15.2).

If this checkbox is selected, the proﬁles of all bands that have been identiﬁed

as the same band type will be stretched and superimposed on one another, so

their peaks align. This is useful if the same band appears as peaks in slightly

different positions in different lanes, and you want to align the peaks to

conﬁrm that they are all the same band type.

Note: This command only changes the lane proﬁles as they are displayed in the

Compare Lanes dialog, and will not affect image data in any way.

Fig. 13-13. Two band types as they appear in two lanes, before alignment and after.

Note that this function will not align band types from different band sets (e.g.,

Band Type 1 in Band Set A and Band Type 1 in Band Set B will not be aligned).

However, the same band types from different images will be aligned.

Note: The Rf values in the X axis will no longer be accurate if Align Band Types

is selected, since some band proﬁles will be stretched and their peaks

shifted.

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