In article <d2f49f4e.0410192324.122559a8 at posting.google.com>,
Jonas Andersson wrote:
> Sometimes when I do a nucleotide BLAST on Genbank, I find that the top
> four-five hits have identical E-values and score. How are these hits
> ordered in such cases? Is there any reason why I should prefer the
> top-most one?
The order is arbitrary (probably the order in the underlying
database), and you should not favor the first one.
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