#!/usr/bin/perl -w use Bio::DB::GenBank; $db_obj = Bio::DB::GenBank->new; $seq_obj = $db_obj->get_Seq_by_acc(EU864037); $sequence = $seq_obj->seq; $pos = length($sequence)-20; #go to position from end $seqend = substr($sequence,$pos,20); print "whole sequence: $sequence\n\n", "Just the end: $seqend \n"; #just for verifying