TRAMP is a software package for generating transposon maps that are us
ed for DNA sequencing. The package provides a variety of automated too
ls that can always be overridden by the user. The central part of the
package is its selection algorithm that finds the most robust map with
the smallest number of inserts. TRAMP has been in daily use by the se
quencing team at LBL since it was introduced in the Spring of 1994. It
is applicable to any sequencing project utilizing the directed strate
gy.