NAME

Bio::Tools::Run::Phylo::PAML::Evolver - Wrapper aroud the PAML program evolver

VERSION

version 1.7.3

SYNOPSIS

use Bio::Tools::Run::Phylo::PAML::Evolver;

my $evolver = Bio::Tools::Run::Phylo::PAML::Evolver->new();

# Get a $tree object somehow
$evolver->tree($tree);

# FIXME: evolver generates a tree (first run with option 1 or 2)?

# One or more alns are created
my @alns = $evolver->run();

####

# Or with all the data coming from a previous PAML run
my $parser = Bio::Tools::Phylo::PAML->new
  (
   -file => "$inputfile",
  );
my $result = $parser->next_result();
my $tree = $result->next_tree;
$evolver->tree($tree);
my @codon_freqs = $result->get_CodonFreqs();
$evolver->set_CodonFreqs(\@codon_freqs);

my $val = $evolver->prepare();

# FIXME: something similar for nucleotide frequencies:
# Option (5) Simulate nucleotide data sets (use MCbase.dat)?

# FIXME: something similar for aa parameters:
# Option (7) Simulate amino acid data sets (use MCaa.dat)?

# FIXME: With an initial RootSeq.txt

DESCRIPTION

This is a wrapper around the evolver program of PAML (Phylogenetic Analysis by Maximum Likelihood) package of Ziheng Yang. See http://abacus.gene.ucl.ac.uk/software/paml.html for more information.

This module is more about generating the properl MCmodel.ctl file and will run the program in a separate temporary directory to avoid creating temp files all over the place.

Default Values

Valid and default values for evolver programs are listed below. The default values are always the first one listed. These descriptions are essentially lifted from the example MCcodon.dat file and pamlDOC documentation provided by the author.

Stub:

option1 specifies something.

option2 specifies something else.

INCOMPLETE DOCUMENTATION OF ALL METHODS

ATTRIBUTES

program_name

Title   : program_name
Usage   : $factory->program_name()
Function: holds the program name
Returns:  string
Args    : None

program_dir

Title   : program_dir
Usage   : ->program_dir()
Function: returns the program directory, obtained from ENV variable.
Returns:  string
Args    :

error_string

Title   : error_string
Usage   : $obj->error_string($newval)
Function: Where the output from the last analysis run is stored.
Returns : value of error_string
Args    : newvalue (optional)

alignment

Title   : alignment
Usage   : $evolver->align($aln);
Function: Get/Set the L<Bio::Align::AlignI> object
Returns : L<Bio::Align::AlignI> object
Args    : [optional] L<Bio::Align::AlignI>
Comment : We could potentially add support for running directly on a file
          but we shall keep it simple
See also: L<Bio::SimpleAlign>

tree

Title   : tree
Usage   : $evolver->tree($tree, %params);
Function: Get/Set the L<Bio::Tree::TreeI> object
Returns : L<Bio::Tree::TreeI>
Args    : [optional] $tree => L<Bio::Tree::TreeI>,
          [optional] %parameters => hash of tree-specific parameters:
                 branchLengths: 0, 1 or 2
                 out

Comment : We could potentially add support for running directly on a file
          but we shall keep it simple
See also: L<Bio::Tree::Tree>

no_param_checks

Title   : no_param_checks
Usage   : $obj->no_param_checks($newval)
Function: Boolean flag as to whether or not we should
          trust the sanity checks for parameter values
Returns : value of no_param_checks
Args    : newvalue (optional)

save_tempfiles

Title   : save_tempfiles
Usage   : $obj->save_tempfiles($newval)
Function:
Returns : value of save_tempfiles
Args    : newvalue (optional)

outfile_name

Title   : outfile_name
Usage   : my $outfile = $evolver->outfile_name();
Function: Get/Set the name of the output file for this run
          (if you wanted to do something special)
Returns : string
Args    : [optional] string to set value to

tempdir

Title   : tempdir
Usage   : my $tmpdir = $self->tempdir();
Function: Retrieve a temporary directory name (which is created)
Returns : string which is the name of the temporary directory
Args    : none

indel

Title   : indel
Usage   : $obj->indel($newval)
Function: this is only useful if using evolver_indel instead of main
          evolver package:
          Exploring the Relationship between Sequence Similarity and
          Accurate Phylogenetic Trees Brandi L. Cantarel, Hilary
          G. Morrison and William Pearson
Example :
Returns : value of indel (a scalar)
Args    : on set, new value (a scalar or undef, optional)

METHODS

new

Title   : new
Usage   : my $obj = Bio::Tools::Run::Phylo::PAML::Evolver->new();
Function: Builds a new Bio::Tools::Run::Phylo::PAML::Evolver object
Returns : Bio::Tools::Run::Phylo::PAML::Evolver
          -save_tempfiles => boolean to save the generated tempfiles and
                             NOT cleanup after onesself (default FALSE)
          -tree => the Bio::Tree::TreeI object (FIXME: optional if this is done in a first run)
          -params => a hashref of PAML parameters (all passed to set_parameter)
          -executable => where the evolver executable resides

See also: Bio::Tree::TreeI

prepare

Title   : prepare
Usage   : my $rundir = $evolver->prepare($aln);
Function: prepare the evolver analysis using the default or updated parameters
          the alignment parameter must have been set
Returns : value of rundir
Args    : L<Bio::Align::AlignI> object,
      L<Bio::Tree::TreeI> object [optional]

run

Title   : run
Usage   : my ($rc,$parser) = $evolver->run();
Function: run the evolver analysis using the default or updated parameters
          the alignment parameter must have been set
Returns : Return code, L<Bio::Tools::Phylo::PAML>
Args    : L<Bio::Align::AlignI> object,
      L<Bio::Tree::TreeI> object [optional]

get_parameters

Title   : get_parameters
Usage   : my %params = $self->get_parameters();
Function: returns the list of parameters as a hash
Returns : associative array keyed on parameter names
Args    : none

set_parameter

Title   : set_parameter
Usage   : $evolver->set_parameter($param,$val);
Function: Sets a evolver parameter, will be validated against
          the valid values as set in the %VALIDVALUES class variable.
          The checks can be ignored if one turns off param checks like this:
            $evolver->no_param_checks(1)
Returns : boolean if set was success, if verbose is set to -1
          then no warning will be reported
Args    : $param => name of the parameter
          $value => value to set the parameter to
See also: L<no_param_checks()>

set_default_parameters

Title   : set_default_parameters
Usage   : $evolver->set_default_parameters(0);
Function: (Re)set the default parameters from the defaults
          (the first value in each array in the
       %VALIDVALUES class variable)
Returns : none
Args    : boolean: keep existing parameter values

set_CodonFreqs

Title   : set_CodonFreqs
Usage   : $obj->set_CodonFreqs($newval)
Function: Get/Set the Codon Frequence table
Returns : value of set_CodonFreqs (a scalar)
Args    : on set, new value (a scalar or undef, optional)

get_CodonFreqs

Title   : get_CodonFreqs
Usage   : my @codon_freqs = $evolver->get_CodonFreqs()
Function: Get the Codon freqs
Returns : Array
Args    : none

cleanup

Title   : cleanup
Usage   : $evolver->cleanup();
Function: Will cleanup the tempdir directory after a PAML run
Returns : none
Args    : none

io

Title   : io
Usage   : $obj->io($newval)
Function:  Gets a L<Bio::Root::IO> object
Returns : L<Bio::Root::IO>
Args    : none

Bio::Tools::Run::WrapperBase methods

FEEDBACK

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Reporting bugs

Report bugs to the Bioperl bug tracking system to help us keep track of the bugs and their resolution. Bug reports can be submitted via the web:

https://github.com/bioperl/bio-tools-phylo-paml/issues

AUTHOR

Albert Vilella <avilella@gmail.com>

COPYRIGHT

This software is copyright (c) by Albert Vilella <avilella@gmail.com>.

This software is available under the same terms as the perl 5 programming language system itself.