diff --git a/mrdna/model/dna_sequence.py b/mrdna/model/dna_sequence.py index 2d120ec018bca77a14f697a6b0d4a66973f345e6..520d3b22db2c1180a024a00d2c470bbb86c60cb2 100644 --- a/mrdna/model/dna_sequence.py +++ b/mrdna/model/dna_sequence.py @@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ def read_sequence_file(sequenceFile=_m13_path): with open(sequenceFile) as ch: for l in ch: l = l.strip().replace(" ", "") - if l[0] in (";","#"): continue + if len(l) == 0 or l[0] in (";","#"): continue seq.extend([c.upper() for c in l]) return list(seq)