<![CDATA[BOL: Related items]]> https://bioinformaticsonline.com/related/40099?offset=40 https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/36360/dendropy-a-python-library-for-phylogenetic-computing Mon, 23 Apr 2018 05:49:50 -0500 https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/36360/dendropy-a-python-library-for-phylogenetic-computing <![CDATA[DendroPy: a Python library for phylogenetic computing]]> DendroPy is a Python library for phylogenetic computing. It provides classes and functions for the simulation, processing, and manipulation of phylogenetic trees and character matrices, and supports the reading and writing of phylogenetic data in a range of formats, such as NEXUS, NEWICK, NeXML, Phylip, FASTA, etc. Application scripts for performing some useful phylogenetic operations, such as data conversion and tree posterior distribution summarization, are also distributed and installed as part of the libary. DendroPy can thus function as a stand-alone library for phylogenetics, a component of more complex multi-library phyloinformatic pipelines, or as a scripting “glue” that assembles and drives such pipelines.

The primary home page for DendroPy, with detailed tutorials and documentation, is at:

DendroPy is also hosted in the official Python repository:

Requirements and Installation

DendroPy 4.x runs under Python 3 (all versions > 3.1) and Python 2 (Python 2.7 only).

You can install DendroPy by running:

 

More information is available here:

Address of the bookmark: https://pypi.org/project/DendroPy/

]]> Seema Singh https://bioinformaticsonline.com/blog/view/37586/julia-programming-language-a-python-and-r-rival Sat, 25 Aug 2018 04:46:39 -0500 https://bioinformaticsonline.com/blog/view/37586/julia-programming-language-a-python-and-r-rival <![CDATA[Julia Programming Language, a Python and R rival]]> Big data has grown to become one of the most lucrative fields. In fact, data scientists are some of the most sought people. They are usually hired to analyze, control and parse large chunks of data. Implementing these actions using traditional techniques is not a walk in the park. This is why most data scientists prefer using programming languages such as R and Python. However, there is one more programming language that can do the job. That is Julia programming language.

What Is Julia Language?

Julia is a programming language that came into the limelight in 2012. It is a general-purpose programming language that was designed for solving scientific computations. Julia was meant to be an alternative to Python, R and other programming languages that were mainly used for manipulating data. This is because it has numerous features that can minimize the complexities of numerical computations. 

Julia optimizes on the best features of Python and R while at the same time overlooks their weaknesses. This explains why it is viewed as an alternative to these programming languages. For instance, it utilizes the readability and simplicity of Python then performs faster.

Julia is the most preferred programming language for data scientists and mathematicians. This is because its core features are similar to the ones that are used on most data software. Also, the language is ideal for these two subjects because its syntax is similar to the standard mathematical formulas.

Key Features Of Julia Language
Uses JIT Compilation
Parallelism
Dynamic Typing
Simple Syntax
Allows Metaprogramming
Accessible to Libraries
-1-Array Indexing

Julia Vs Python And R Programming Languages
1. Speed
Julia is faster than both Python and R. This is a very critical aspect that is given special attention in the big data programming. The high speed of Julia is because of JIT compilers. You will need to install external libraries on Python to achieve similar speed.

2. Syntax
Julia has a math-friendly syntax. The syntax of this programming language is similar to the mathematical formulas hence can be used to perform mathematical and scientific computations. This syntax makes it easier to learn than Python.

3. Parallelism
Although both Python and R use parallelism, Julia uses a top-level parallelism. Julia allows the processor to perform to the optimum level than what Python and R can achieve.

4. Versatility
Julia programming language is more versatile than Python and R. It allows a programmer to move from different codes and functions with ease.

The only area that Python and R are superior to Julia is in terms of community. Given that Julia is a new programming language, it has a small community as compared to others which have been around for years.

In overall Julia programming language is a better alternative that you can use to handle Big data projects. Despite having a small community, it is one of those programming languages that you can easily learn.

]]> Radha Agarkar https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/40298/environment-for-tree-exploration-ete-is-a-python-programming-toolkit-that-assists-in-the-recontruction-manipulation-analysis-and-visualization-of-phylogenetic-trees Wed, 27 Nov 2019 05:32:33 -0600 https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/40298/environment-for-tree-exploration-ete-is-a-python-programming-toolkit-that-assists-in-the-recontruction-manipulation-analysis-and-visualization-of-phylogenetic-trees <![CDATA[Environment for Tree Exploration (ETE) is a Python programming toolkit that assists in the recontruction, manipulation, analysis and visualization of phylogenetic trees]]> The Environment for Tree Exploration (ETE) is a Python programming toolkit that assists in the recontruction, manipulation, analysis and visualization of phylogenetic trees (although clustering trees or any other tree-like data structure are also supported).

Other tools

https://github.com/shenwei356/taxonkit

 

Address of the bookmark: https://pypi.org/project/ete3/3.1.1/

]]> Rahul Nayak https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/42923/flanker Sat, 27 Feb 2021 22:04:53 -0600 https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/42923/flanker <![CDATA[Flanker]]> Flanker, a Python package which performs alignment-free clustering of gene flanking sequences in a consistent format, allowing investigation of mobile genetic elements (MGEs) without prior knowledge of their structure. Flanker can be flexibly parameterised to finetune outputs by characterising upstream and downstream regions separately and investigating variable lengths of flanking sequence.

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Address of the bookmark: https://github.com/wtmatlock/flanker

]]> Rahul Nayak https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/34567/jobtree-based-python-wrapper-to-run-the-genome-simulation-tool-suite-evolver Fri, 08 Dec 2017 16:26:32 -0600 https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/34567/jobtree-based-python-wrapper-to-run-the-genome-simulation-tool-suite-evolver <![CDATA[jobTree based python wrapper to run the genome simulation tool suite Evolver]]> evolverSimControl (eSC) can be used to simulate multi-chromosome genome evolution on an arbitrary phylogeny (Newick format). In addition to simply running evolver, eSC also automatically creates statistical summaries of the simulation as it runs including text and image files. Also included are convenience scripts to: check on a running simulation and see detailed status and logging information; extract fasta sequence files from the leaf nodes of a completed simulation; extract pairwise multiple alignment files (.maf) from leaf and branch nodes from a completed simulation and with the help of mafJoin, join them together into a single maf covering the entire simulation.

Address of the bookmark: https://github.com/dentearl/evolverSimControl

]]> Jit https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/40272/seq-a-high-performance-pythonic-language-for-bioinformatics Sat, 23 Nov 2019 08:58:12 -0600 https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/40272/seq-a-high-performance-pythonic-language-for-bioinformatics <![CDATA[Seq: A high-performance, Pythonic language for bioinformatics]]>  

Seq is a programming language for computational genomics and bioinformatics. With a Python-compatible syntax and a host of domain-specific features and optimizations, Seq makes writing high-performance genomics software as easy as writing Python code, and achieves performance comparable to (and in many cases better than) C/C++.

Learn more by following the tutorial or from the cookbook.

Address of the bookmark: https://seq-lang.org

]]> Rahul Nayak https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/26543/breakseq2 Mon, 29 Feb 2016 17:45:38 -0600 https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/26543/breakseq2 <![CDATA[BreakSeq2]]> Ultrafast and accurate nucleotide-resolution analysis of structural variants

More at http://bioinform.github.io/breakseq2/

Download BreakSeq2

Latest version: https://github.com/bioinform/breakseq2/archive/2.2.tar.gz

For other versions, see "releases". https://github.com/bioinform/breakseq2/releases

Address of the bookmark: http://bioinform.github.io/breakseq2/

]]> Jitendra Narayan https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/34862/pasa-gene-structure-annotation-and-analysis Tue, 26 Dec 2017 21:14:03 -0600 https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/34862/pasa-gene-structure-annotation-and-analysis <![CDATA[PASA: Gene Structure Annotation and Analysis]]> PASA, acronym for Program to Assemble Spliced Alignments, is a eukaryotic genome annotation tool that exploits spliced alignments of expressed transcript sequences to automatically model gene structures, and to maintain gene structure annotation consistent with the most recently available experimental sequence data. PASA also identifies and classifies all splicing variations supported by the transcript alignments.

Address of the bookmark: http://pasapipeline.github.io/

]]> biogeek https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/36730/bprna-large-scale-automated-annotation-and-analysis-of-rna-secondary-structure Wed, 23 May 2018 03:24:33 -0500 https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/36730/bprna-large-scale-automated-annotation-and-analysis-of-rna-secondary-structure <![CDATA[bpRNA: large-scale automated annotation and analysis of RNA secondary structure]]> bpRNA, a novel annotation tool capable of parsing RNA structures, including complex pseudoknot-containing RNAs, to yield an objective, precise, compact, unambiguous, easily-interpretable description of all loops, stems, and pseudoknots, along with the positions, sequence, and flanking base pairs of each such structural feature.

The bpRNA code is written in perl and requires the Graph perl module. Several additional scripts for analysis are included. The source code is available at http://github.com/hendrixlab/bpRNA.

Address of the bookmark: http://github.com/hendrixlab/bpRNA

]]> Rahul Nayak https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/42405/caretta-%E2%80%93-a-multiple-protein-structure-alignment-and-feature-extraction-suite Fri, 18 Dec 2020 02:09:44 -0600 https://bioinformaticsonline.com/bookmarks/view/42405/caretta-%E2%80%93-a-multiple-protein-structure-alignment-and-feature-extraction-suite <![CDATA[Caretta – A multiple protein structure alignment and feature extraction suite]]> Caretta – a multiple protein structure alignment and feature extraction suite

Caretta, a multiple structure alignment suite meant for homologous but sequentially divergent protein families which consistently returns accurate alignments with a higher coverage than current state-of-the-art tools. Caretta is available as a GUI and command-line application and additionally outputs an aligned structure feature matrix for a given set of input structures, which can readily be used in downstream steps for supervised or unsupervised machine learning. 

Address of the bookmark: http://www.bioinformatics.nl/caretta/

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