sequential formats, see below). The names of the sequences are read in
the file unless the `seq.names' option is used. Particularities for
each format are detailed below.
-
+
+\itemize{
\item{Interleaved:}{the function starts to read the sequences when it
finds 10 contiguous characters belonging to the ambiguity code of
the IUPAC (namely A, C, G, T, U, M, R, W, S, Y, K, V, H, D, B, and
leading spaces before this character). These lines are taken as taxa
names after removing the ``>'' and the possible leading and trailing
spaces. All the data in the file before the first sequence is ignored.}
-}
+}}
\value{
a matrix or a list (if \code{format = "fasta"}) of DNA sequences
stored in binary format, or of mode character (if \code{as.character =