alterlab-scikit-bio

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Bioinformatics toolkit for sequence analysis.

AuthorAlterLab-IEU
Version1.0.0
Installs0

System Documentation

What problem does it solve?

Biological data workflows are often ad hoc, requiring extensive scripting to handle sequence data, alignments, and phylogenetic analyses. This skill provides a unified toolkit to streamline bioinformatics research by enabling convenient handling, analysis, and interpretation of biological sequence data within Python, reducing manual scripting and integration effort.

Core Features & Use Cases

  • Sequence I/O and format support (FASTA, FASTQ, GenBank, Newick, BIOM)
  • Sequence manipulation, alignment (pairwise and multiple), and motif analysis
  • Phylogenetic tree construction, manipulation, and evolutionary distance calculations
  • Diversity metrics, ordination (PCoA/CCA/RDA), and associated statistical tests
  • Integrates with downstream analytics tools and data visualization workflows

Quick Start

Install scikit-bio and load sequences from a FASTA file to begin basic analyses.

Dependency Matrix

Required Modules

None required

Components

Standard package

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Name: alterlab-scikit-bio
Download link: https://github.com/AlterLab-IEU/AlterLab-Academic-Skills/archive/main.zip#alterlab-scikit-bio

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