diff --git a/DESCRIPTION b/DESCRIPTION
index 4b291b7f060475162d6145858302b6bbdfc8cb92..fee01df8ab96edaa92362bbf1bfc6e28e5d15160 100644
--- a/DESCRIPTION
+++ b/DESCRIPTION
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Type: Package
 Title: MSA2dist calculates pairwise distances between all sequences of a
     DNAStringSet or a AAStringSet using a custom score matrix and conducts
     codon based analysis
-Version: 1.7.3
+Version: 1.7.4
 Authors@R: 
     person(given = "Kristian K",
            family = "Ullrich",
diff --git a/NEWS.md b/NEWS.md
index 77d195602ae87fd4fb2cc55ef6199a4f31a0af7e..b4b0a5a2234df7cc40ffb503eb2d125ab1b1be2f 100644
--- a/NEWS.md
+++ b/NEWS.md
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+# MSA2dist 1.7.4 (2024-03-18)
+
+BUG FIXES
+
+* fixed pal2nal
+
 # MSA2dist 1.7.3 (2024-03-14)
 
 BUG FIXES
diff --git a/R/pal2nal.R b/R/pal2nal.R
index 48f7379e40343019aa1c83f70d5b97be3ca21721..22d916d200f366383314aa9affc5fc074cdda0bd 100644
--- a/R/pal2nal.R
+++ b/R/pal2nal.R
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 #' the protein alignment into a codon alignment.
 #' @param pal \code{AAStringSet} [mandatory]
 #' @param nal \code{DNAStringSet} [mandatory]
+#' @param remove.gaps specify if gaps in the codon alignment should be removed
+#' [default: FALSE]
 #' @return codon alignment as \code{DNAStringSet}
 #' @importFrom Biostrings DNAString DNAStringSet AAString AAStringSet
 #' readDNAStringSet readAAStringSet writeXStringSet width subseq
diff --git a/man/pal2nal.Rd b/man/pal2nal.Rd
index c515dcf84d7656f9aaa1d87f0e6971ff1b62d3b2..3f03c1af64d0f3cd72db02c561d1caeb47a437d1 100644
--- a/man/pal2nal.Rd
+++ b/man/pal2nal.Rd
@@ -10,6 +10,9 @@ pal2nal(pal, nal, remove.gaps = FALSE)
 \item{pal}{\code{AAStringSet} [mandatory]}
 
 \item{nal}{\code{DNAStringSet} [mandatory]}
+
+\item{remove.gaps}{specify if gaps in the codon alignment should be removed
+[default: FALSE]}
 }
 \value{
 codon alignment as \code{DNAStringSet}
diff --git a/public/404.html b/public/404.html
index 56f62138cb12b79b1673451cf3b8c16637520fd5..14b77bb16146274166dec3367a6c2c02ce018a46 100644
--- a/public/404.html
+++ b/public/404.html
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@
       </button>
       <span class="navbar-brand">
         <a class="navbar-link" href="index.html">MSA2dist</a>
-        <span class="version label label-default" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom" title="">1.7.3</span>
+        <span class="version label label-default" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom" title="">1.7.4</span>
       </span>
     </div>
 
diff --git a/public/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.html b/public/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.html
index 5aefc3769bf27d4a0a859cbd690a55af9c3d5279..6f39d7664afe614b0db14f9de6764891aa184736 100644
--- a/public/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.html
+++ b/public/CODE_OF_CONDUCT.html
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
       </button>
       <span class="navbar-brand">
         <a class="navbar-link" href="index.html">MSA2dist</a>
-        <span class="version label label-default" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom" title="">1.7.3</span>
+        <span class="version label label-default" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom" title="">1.7.4</span>
       </span>
     </div>
 
diff --git a/public/LICENSE-text.html b/public/LICENSE-text.html
index 3c571f4da0ee70b33e2d4dc6018e37c28458bc09..f11f3f4a3fce97c197e09664a6e1d16af7f321ae 100644
--- a/public/LICENSE-text.html
+++ b/public/LICENSE-text.html
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
       </button>
       <span class="navbar-brand">
         <a class="navbar-link" href="index.html">MSA2dist</a>
-        <span class="version label label-default" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom" title="">1.7.3</span>
+        <span class="version label label-default" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom" title="">1.7.4</span>
       </span>
     </div>
 
diff --git a/public/articles/MSA2dist.html b/public/articles/MSA2dist.html
index bcc3fa44839a6a93b269e24b6474d1466607c897..7adcd733351fc47d61764dda7647eadfa46b3384 100644
--- a/public/articles/MSA2dist.html
+++ b/public/articles/MSA2dist.html
@@ -40,7 +40,7 @@
       </button>
       <span class="navbar-brand">
         <a class="navbar-link" href="../index.html">MSA2dist</a>
-        <span class="version label label-default" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom" title="">1.7.3</span>
+        <span class="version label label-default" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom" title="">1.7.4</span>
       </span>
     </div>
 
@@ -80,7 +80,7 @@
                         <h4 data-toc-skip class="author">Kristian K
 Ullrich</h4>
             
-            <h4 data-toc-skip class="date">2024-03-14</h4>
+            <h4 data-toc-skip class="date">2024-03-18</h4>
       
       <small class="dont-index">Source: <a href="https://gitlab.gwdg.de/mpievolbio-it/msa2dist/blob/mastervignettes/MSA2dist.Rmd" class="external-link"><code>vignettes/MSA2dist.Rmd</code></a></small>
       <div class="hidden name"><code>MSA2dist.Rmd</code></div>
@@ -574,7 +574,7 @@ trees:</p>
 <span><span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/system.time.html" class="external-link">system.time</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">hiv</span> <span class="op">|&gt;</span> <span class="fu"><a href="../reference/dnastring2dist.html">dnastring2dist</a></span><span class="op">(</span>model<span class="op">=</span><span class="st">"IUPAC"</span>, threads<span class="op">=</span><span class="fl">1</span><span class="op">)</span><span class="op">)</span></span></code></pre></div>
 <pre><code><span><span class="co">## Computing: [========================================] 100% (done)</span></span></code></pre>
 <pre><code><span><span class="co">##    user  system elapsed </span></span>
-<span><span class="co">##   0.003   0.000   0.002</span></span></code></pre>
+<span><span class="co">##   0.002   0.000   0.003</span></span></code></pre>
 <div class="sourceCode" id="cb62"><pre class="downlit sourceCode r">
 <code class="sourceCode R"><span><span class="fu"><a href="https://rdrr.io/r/base/system.time.html" class="external-link">system.time</a></span><span class="op">(</span><span class="va">hiv</span> <span class="op">|&gt;</span> <span class="fu"><a href="../reference/dnastring2dist.html">dnastring2dist</a></span><span class="op">(</span>model<span class="op">=</span><span class="st">"IUPAC"</span>, threads<span class="op">=</span><span class="fl">2</span><span class="op">)</span><span class="op">)</span></span></code></pre></div>
 <pre><code><span><span class="co">## Computing: [========================================] 100% (done)</span></span></code></pre>
@@ -1111,7 +1111,7 @@ Evolutionary Biology</em> 6 (1): 1–10.
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-<span><span class="co">## [10] BiocGenerics_0.49.1 MSA2dist_1.7.3      BiocStyle_2.31.0   </span></span>
+<span><span class="co">## [10] BiocGenerics_0.49.1 MSA2dist_1.7.4      BiocStyle_2.31.0   </span></span>
 <span><span class="co">## </span></span>
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diff --git a/public/articles/index.html b/public/articles/index.html
index 92e22df45dcc28e876264dfdab2fb5054f80b24e..daaf0337a9358bf4d321aeeb2320ec9f85e96f49 100644
--- a/public/articles/index.html
+++ b/public/articles/index.html
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
       </button>
       <span class="navbar-brand">
         <a class="navbar-link" href="../index.html">MSA2dist</a>
-        <span class="version label label-default" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom" title="">1.7.3</span>
+        <span class="version label label-default" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom" title="">1.7.4</span>
       </span>
     </div>
 
diff --git a/public/authors.html b/public/authors.html
index 3f9e6aa316c6b0d1cd095561abf06c07be53fb67..df06082ca053a902f21457d1f15bf7a93d033230 100644
--- a/public/authors.html
+++ b/public/authors.html
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
       </button>
       <span class="navbar-brand">
         <a class="navbar-link" href="index.html">MSA2dist</a>
-        <span class="version label label-default" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom" title="">1.7.3</span>
+        <span class="version label label-default" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom" title="">1.7.4</span>
       </span>
     </div>
 
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 <em>MSA2dist: MSA2dist calculates pairwise distances between all sequences of a
 DNAStringSet or a AAStringSet using a custom score matrix and conducts
 codon based analysis</em>.
-R package version 1.7.3, https://mpievolbio-it.pages.gwdg.de/MSA2dist/, <a href="https://gitlab.gwdg.de/mpievolbio-it/MSA2dist" class="external-link">https://gitlab.gwdg.de/mpievolbio-it/MSA2dist</a>. 
+R package version 1.7.4, https://mpievolbio-it.pages.gwdg.de/MSA2dist/, <a href="https://gitlab.gwdg.de/mpievolbio-it/MSA2dist" class="external-link">https://gitlab.gwdg.de/mpievolbio-it/MSA2dist</a>. 
 </p>
     <pre>@Manual{,
   title = {MSA2dist: MSA2dist calculates pairwise distances between all sequences of a
@@ -76,7 +76,7 @@ DNAStringSet or a AAStringSet using a custom score matrix and conducts
 codon based analysis},
   author = {Kristian K Ullrich},
   year = {2024},
-  note = {R package version 1.7.3, https://mpievolbio-it.pages.gwdg.de/MSA2dist/},
+  note = {R package version 1.7.4, https://mpievolbio-it.pages.gwdg.de/MSA2dist/},
   url = {https://gitlab.gwdg.de/mpievolbio-it/MSA2dist},
 }</pre>
 
diff --git a/public/index.html b/public/index.html
index cece4c392c989b59028eec7af8e4c3ef3d7d6cda..1b77b7216f8a07d6b494f6e24c16c6c29c4e3983 100644
--- a/public/index.html
+++ b/public/index.html
@@ -49,7 +49,7 @@
       </button>
       <span class="navbar-brand">
         <a class="navbar-link" href="index.html">MSA2dist</a>
-        <span class="version label label-default" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom" title="">1.7.3</span>
+        <span class="version label label-default" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom" title="">1.7.4</span>
       </span>
     </div>
 
diff --git a/public/news/index.html b/public/news/index.html
index 965c32af57549f0e94fba7f871a0a3ded1f620bc..73f43c541c545cac826e2a2e229af145864bc606 100644
--- a/public/news/index.html
+++ b/public/news/index.html
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
       </button>
       <span class="navbar-brand">
         <a class="navbar-link" href="../index.html">MSA2dist</a>
-        <span class="version label label-default" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom" title="">1.7.3</span>
+        <span class="version label label-default" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom" title="">1.7.4</span>
       </span>
     </div>
 
@@ -50,6 +50,11 @@
       <small>Source: <a href="https://gitlab.gwdg.de/mpievolbio-it/msa2dist/blob/masterNEWS.md" class="external-link"><code>NEWS.md</code></a></small>
     </div>
 
+    <div class="section level2">
+<h2 class="page-header" data-toc-text="1.7.4" id="msa2dist-174-2024-03-18">MSA2dist 1.7.4 (2024-03-18)<a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#msa2dist-174-2024-03-18"></a></h2>
+<p>BUG FIXES</p>
+<ul><li>fixed pal2nal</li>
+</ul></div>
     <div class="section level2">
 <h2 class="page-header" data-toc-text="1.7.3" id="msa2dist-173-2024-03-14">MSA2dist 1.7.3 (2024-03-14)<a class="anchor" aria-label="anchor" href="#msa2dist-173-2024-03-14"></a></h2>
 <p>BUG FIXES</p>
diff --git a/public/pkgdown.yml b/public/pkgdown.yml
index 2082c37bdac084015ac13ff6173cb1c96bbd76d3..f1f98f9bd4ba394c7c3915d175fc0cba4d6bdb25 100644
--- a/public/pkgdown.yml
+++ b/public/pkgdown.yml
@@ -3,5 +3,5 @@ pkgdown: 2.0.7
 pkgdown_sha: ~
 articles:
   MSA2dist: MSA2dist.html
-last_built: 2024-03-14T12:48Z
+last_built: 2024-03-18T11:57Z
 
diff --git a/public/reference/AAMatrix-data.html b/public/reference/AAMatrix-data.html
index 014c009d8f1a892e72e23d252938f3c59faf1618..78c5bb5a30586a5a8b4f3e8eb38760b2f9c68965 100644
--- a/public/reference/AAMatrix-data.html
+++ b/public/reference/AAMatrix-data.html
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
       </button>
       <span class="navbar-brand">
         <a class="navbar-link" href="../index.html">MSA2dist</a>
-        <span class="version label label-default" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom" title="">1.7.3</span>
+        <span class="version label label-default" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom" title="">1.7.4</span>
       </span>
     </div>
 
diff --git a/public/reference/GENETIC_CODE_TCAG.html b/public/reference/GENETIC_CODE_TCAG.html
index 9f4cfa5ce2d871ffdae127db76c4a57f1704eaf2..b2185a9fc0fdf99d87193c6dfdc486008a111d1d 100644
--- a/public/reference/GENETIC_CODE_TCAG.html
+++ b/public/reference/GENETIC_CODE_TCAG.html
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ number and number of syn sites."><meta property="og:image" content="/logo.png"><
       </button>
       <span class="navbar-brand">
         <a class="navbar-link" href="../index.html">MSA2dist</a>
-        <span class="version label label-default" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom" title="">1.7.3</span>
+        <span class="version label label-default" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom" title="">1.7.4</span>
       </span>
     </div>
 
diff --git a/public/reference/aa2selfscore.html b/public/reference/aa2selfscore.html
index 732136398c4eaae9e870b3ce387712f1f5636412..187e1ddfa47add1d8ff005d952abd90b1eb31db3 100644
--- a/public/reference/aa2selfscore.html
+++ b/public/reference/aa2selfscore.html
@@ -17,7 +17,7 @@
       </button>
       <span class="navbar-brand">
         <a class="navbar-link" href="../index.html">MSA2dist</a>
-        <span class="version label label-default" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom" title="">1.7.3</span>
+        <span class="version label label-default" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom" title="">1.7.4</span>
       </span>
     </div>
 
diff --git a/public/reference/aabin2aastring.html b/public/reference/aabin2aastring.html
index 2852f301b0d4215b6cbb07f31c4260f107b549b9..353e74cd80098e2b1ff819cad9f20ed73ff9a486 100644
--- a/public/reference/aabin2aastring.html
+++ b/public/reference/aabin2aastring.html
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ AAStringSet."><meta property="og:image" content="/logo.png"><!-- mathjax --><scr
       </button>
       <span class="navbar-brand">
         <a class="navbar-link" href="../index.html">MSA2dist</a>
-        <span class="version label label-default" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom" title="">1.7.3</span>
+        <span class="version label label-default" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom" title="">1.7.4</span>
       </span>
     </div>
 
diff --git a/public/reference/aastring2aabin.html b/public/reference/aastring2aabin.html
index 913b0be83667c3e0785eadb64866e02f75cbdeb5..9e6089ef8e5da277e72675c81d1edbeb5fb7162d 100644
--- a/public/reference/aastring2aabin.html
+++ b/public/reference/aastring2aabin.html
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ DNAbin."><meta property="og:image" content="/logo.png"><!-- mathjax --><script s
       </button>
       <span class="navbar-brand">
         <a class="navbar-link" href="../index.html">MSA2dist</a>
-        <span class="version label label-default" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom" title="">1.7.3</span>
+        <span class="version label label-default" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom" title="">1.7.4</span>
       </span>
     </div>
 
diff --git a/public/reference/aastring2aln.html b/public/reference/aastring2aln.html
index 2cf6110fda6317c15af9bbbaac5fd1508fb456f0..3f46bb504911c43f788f55e2bb985c9703720693 100644
--- a/public/reference/aastring2aln.html
+++ b/public/reference/aastring2aln.html
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ seqinr alignment."><meta property="og:image" content="/logo.png"><!-- mathjax --
       </button>
       <span class="navbar-brand">
         <a class="navbar-link" href="../index.html">MSA2dist</a>
-        <span class="version label label-default" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom" title="">1.7.3</span>
+        <span class="version label label-default" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom" title="">1.7.4</span>
       </span>
     </div>
 
diff --git a/public/reference/aastring2dist.html b/public/reference/aastring2dist.html
index fc6fe46db9b06e3d59cd5c392d01392a4ef129ca..3f697e8eab4cc5a0e01413673bd878aaf16dd7a3 100644
--- a/public/reference/aastring2dist.html
+++ b/public/reference/aastring2dist.html
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ of a AAStringSet."><meta property="og:image" content="/logo.png"><!-- mathjax --
       </button>
       <span class="navbar-brand">
         <a class="navbar-link" href="../index.html">MSA2dist</a>
-        <span class="version label label-default" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom" title="">1.7.3</span>
+        <span class="version label label-default" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom" title="">1.7.4</span>
       </span>
     </div>
 
diff --git a/public/reference/addmask2string.html b/public/reference/addmask2string.html
index 0818dae320df857bbbc27b25f01f9b5f383db739..b902622115cf67685e51ccb61c3c786b106f14ae 100644
--- a/public/reference/addmask2string.html
+++ b/public/reference/addmask2string.html
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ specific regions of the DNAStringSet or the AAStringSet."><meta property="og:ima
       </button>
       <span class="navbar-brand">
         <a class="navbar-link" href="../index.html">MSA2dist</a>
-        <span class="version label label-default" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom" title="">1.7.3</span>
+        <span class="version label label-default" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom" title="">1.7.4</span>
       </span>
     </div>
 
diff --git a/public/reference/addpop2string.html b/public/reference/addpop2string.html
index 89a77d3ae983803ec3b25096ee0917af8c953190..3ac12c6d63ddc4ce92867c841d46ec3698d87aa4 100644
--- a/public/reference/addpop2string.html
+++ b/public/reference/addpop2string.html
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ __Note__: Duplicated assignments are allowed!'><meta property="og:image" content
       </button>
       <span class="navbar-brand">
         <a class="navbar-link" href="../index.html">MSA2dist</a>
-        <span class="version label label-default" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom" title="">1.7.3</span>
+        <span class="version label label-default" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom" title="">1.7.4</span>
       </span>
     </div>
 
diff --git a/public/reference/addpos2string.html b/public/reference/addpos2string.html
index 5c71f0d585fc0cd8541b593f4b9887e93fd98216..4b90f0bbc193a1b2645c4135bda6b5b5b2d01cfe 100644
--- a/public/reference/addpos2string.html
+++ b/public/reference/addpos2string.html
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ This information can be used to find overlaps with a chromosome wide mask."><met
       </button>
       <span class="navbar-brand">
         <a class="navbar-link" href="../index.html">MSA2dist</a>
-        <span class="version label label-default" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom" title="">1.7.3</span>
+        <span class="version label label-default" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom" title="">1.7.4</span>
       </span>
     </div>
 
diff --git a/public/reference/addregion2string.html b/public/reference/addregion2string.html
index 21ccfd7c0a992200f3ce137ba8757e96196db9cf..a56ee34b16e85bf3f76caff244f4ff321f194e9e 100644
--- a/public/reference/addregion2string.html
+++ b/public/reference/addregion2string.html
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ specific regions of the DNAStringSet or the AAStringSet."><meta property="og:ima
       </button>
       <span class="navbar-brand">
         <a class="navbar-link" href="../index.html">MSA2dist</a>
-        <span class="version label label-default" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom" title="">1.7.3</span>
+        <span class="version label label-default" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom" title="">1.7.4</span>
       </span>
     </div>
 
diff --git a/public/reference/aln2aastring.html b/public/reference/aln2aastring.html
index 8aa75b84c567d1d8d12c48883da71210fc84fb10..30005bd4619700a4511e60ac8df1ad1ab35a0140 100644
--- a/public/reference/aln2aastring.html
+++ b/public/reference/aln2aastring.html
@@ -18,7 +18,7 @@ an AAStringSet."><meta property="og:image" content="/logo.png"><!-- mathjax --><
       </button>
       <span class="navbar-brand">
         <a class="navbar-link" href="../index.html">MSA2dist</a>
-        <span class="version label label-default" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom" title="">1.7.3</span>
+        <span class="version label label-default" data-toggle="tooltip" data-placement="bottom" title="">1.7.4</span>
       </span>
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diff --git a/public/reference/aln2dnastring.html b/public/reference/aln2dnastring.html
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diff --git a/public/reference/cds2aa.html b/public/reference/cds2aa.html
index 69b1fd11a62bd9482a943bd0e28281cbb1250703..a492baa3db1a766bf69ec309585268bbbbf81513 100644
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diff --git a/public/reference/dnastring2kaks.html b/public/reference/dnastring2kaks.html
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diff --git a/public/reference/getmask.html b/public/reference/getmask.html
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diff --git a/public/reference/gff2cds.html b/public/reference/gff2cds.html
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diff --git a/public/reference/globalDeletion.html b/public/reference/globalDeletion.html
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diff --git a/public/reference/granthamMatrix.html b/public/reference/granthamMatrix.html
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diff --git a/public/reference/hiv-data.html b/public/reference/hiv-data.html
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@@ -72,6 +72,11 @@ the protein alignment into a codon alignment.</p>
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+
+<dt>remove.gaps</dt>
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+
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diff --git a/public/reference/regionused.html b/public/reference/regionused.html
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