---
name: "polydot"
section: "1e"
platform: "linux"
package: "emboss"
version: "6.6.0+dfsg-15"
release: "Debian 13 (Trixie)"
platforms: ["linux"]
url: "https://new.carta.tech/polydot"
---

# polydot(1e)

Draw dotplots for all-against-all comparison of a sequence set

## NAME

polydot - Draw dotplots for all-against-all comparison of a sequence set

## SYNOPSIS

**polydot** **-sequences** *seqset* **-wordsize** *integer* **-gap** *integer* \[**-boxit** *boolean*\] \[**-dumpfeat** *toggle*\] **-outfeat** *featout* **-graph** *graph*

**polydot** **-help**

## DESCRIPTION

**polydot** is a command line program from EMBOSS (“the European Molecular Biology Open Software Suite”). It is part of the "Alignment:Dot plots" command group(s).

## OPTIONS

### Input section

- **-sequences** *seqset*

  File containing a sequence alignment

### Required section

- **-wordsize** *integer*

  Default value: 6

### Output section

- **-gap** *integer*

  This specifies the size of the gap that is used to separate the individual dotplots in the display. The size is measured in residues, as displayed in the output. Default value: 10

- **-boxit** *boolean*

  Default value: Y

- **-dumpfeat** *toggle*

  Default value: N

- **-outfeat** *featout*

  - **-graph** *graph*

  ## BUGS

Bugs can be reported to the Debian Bug Tracking system (http://bugs.debian.org/emboss), or directly to the EMBOSS developers (http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?group\_id=93650&atid=605031).

## SEE ALSO

polydot is fully documented via the **tfm**(1) system.

## AUTHOR

**Debian Med Packaging Team** \<debian-med-packaging@lists.alioth.debian.org\>

Wrote the script used to autogenerate this manual page.

## COPYRIGHT

This manual page was autogenerated from an Ajax Control Definition of the EMBOSS package. It can be redistributed under the same terms as EMBOSS itself.