LocusPocus: genetic coordinates so easy, it’s like magic!¶
locuspocus is a Python package for creating, storing, manipulating, and comparing genetic coordinates, i.e. Loci. Locuspocus subscribes to the build once, use many times philosophy. The LocusPocus library provies an way to build single use loci objects, or persistant, named sets of Loci which are freezalbe and backed by the minus80 python library.
To get started, import the locuspocus module
Since LocusPocus is backed by minus80, it has a similar persistance model. Before diving into the locuspocus documentation, it might be useful to refresh on how minus80 models data.
LocuPocus offers access to the following objects:
- Locus (a genetic coordinate)
- RefLoci (a freezable set of Reference Loci)
- Term (a subset of related loci, e.g. GO/KEGG/MapMan Terms)
- Ontology (a freezable set of Reference Terms)
The differneces between these objects is important but subtle. As always, perhaps the best way to understand how these work together is through an example.
Two main objects
are available: a Locus class that represents a genetic coordinate, and
a RefLoci object that represents a set of Loci which have a collective
meaning.
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