--- a/gene_identification.py	Fri Mar 25 07:50:12 2016 -0400
+++ b/gene_identification.py	Fri Apr 01 08:54:24 2016 -0400
@@ -25,13 +25,14 @@
 with open(infile, 'r') as f: #read all sequences into a dictionary as key = ID, value = sequence
 	for line in f:
 		total += 1
+		linesplt = line.split("\t")
 		if first:
-			linesplt = line.split("\t")
+			print "linesplt", linesplt
 			IDIndex = linesplt.index("Sequence ID")
 			seqIndex = linesplt.index("Sequence")
 			first = False
 			continue
-		linesplt = line.split("\t")
+		
 		ID = linesplt[IDIndex]
 		if len(linesplt) < 28: #weird rows without a sequence
 			dic[ID] = ""