Normally we select a gene and N neighbors on either side, ending up with a list of (2N + 1) gene families to send to the micro-synteny-search service. But suppose the central gene is less than N genes from one end of the chromosome. Should we
(a) take as many as we can from the end, and N neighbors from the interior side? (ending up with as few as N + 1)
(b) take (2N + 1) genes from the end anyway?
Normally we select a gene and N neighbors on either side, ending up with a list of (2N + 1) gene families to send to the micro-synteny-search service. But suppose the central gene is less than N genes from one end of the chromosome. Should we (a) take as many as we can from the end, and N neighbors from the interior side? (ending up with as few as N + 1) (b) take (2N + 1) genes from the end anyway?
The current behavior is (b).