NAME

Bio::Expression::FeatureI - an interface class for DNA/RNA features

SYNOPSIS

Do not use this module directly

DESCRIPTION

This provides a standard bioperl interface class for representing DNA and RNA features. It cannot be instantiated directly, but serves as an abstract base class for implementors.

FEEDBACK

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rather than to the module maintainer directly. Many experienced and reponsive experts will be able look at the problem and quickly address it. Please include a thorough description of the problem with code and data examples if at all possible.

Reporting Bugs

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AUTHOR

Allen Day <allenday@ucla.edu>

APPENDIX

The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods. Internal methods are usually preceded with a _

quantitation()

Title   : value
Usage   : $val = $ftr->quantitation()
Function: get/set the feature's quantitation
Returns : A numeric value
Args    : a new numeric value (optional)

quantitation_units()

Title   : quantitation_units
Usage   : $units = $ftr->quantitation_units()
Function: get/set the units of the feature's quantitation
Returns : A string or undef
Args    : a new string (optional)

standard_deviation()

Title   : standard_deviation
Usage   : $std_dev = $ftr->standard_deviation()
Function: get/set the feature's standard deviation of quantitation()
Returns : A numeric value
Args    : a new numeric value (optional)
Comments: no calculation is done here

sample_count()

Title   : sample_count
Usage   : $sample_count = $ftr->sample_count()
Function: get/set the number of samples used to calculate
          quantitation()
Returns : An integer
Args    : a new integer (optional)