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bioperl-1.5.2_004-RC
/ Bio::PopGen::PopulationI

NAME

Bio::PopGen::PopulationI - Interface for Populations

SYNOPSIS

# Get Bio::PopGen::PopulationI object somehow, like
# from Bio::Population::Population

print "name is ", $population->name(), "\n";
print "source is ", $population->source(), "\n";
print "description is ", $population->description(), "\n";

print "For marker $markername:\n";
foreach my $genotype ( $population->get_Genotypes(-marker => $markername) ) {
    print "Individual ", $genotype->individual_id, " genotype alleles are ",
    join(',', $genotype->get_Alleles()), "\n";
}
# get a marker with allele frequencies calculated from the population
my $marker = $population->get_Marker($markername); 
my %af = $marker->get_Allele_Frequencies;
foreach my $allele ( keys %af ) {
    print "$allele $af{$allele}\n";
}

DESCRIPTION

This interface describes the basics of a population. One can use this object to get the genotypes of specific individuals, only those individuals which have a certain marker, or create a marker with allele frequency information.

FEEDBACK

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AUTHOR - Jason Stajich

Email jason-at-bioperl.org

CONTRIBUTORS

Matthew Hahn, matthew.hahn-at-duke.edu

APPENDIX

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

name

Title   : name
Usage   : my $name = $pop->name
Function: Get the population name
Returns : string representing population name
Args    : [optional] string representing population name

description

Title   : description
Usage   : my $description = $pop->description
Function: Get the population description
Returns : string representing population description
Args    : [optional] string representing population description

source

Title   : source
Usage   : my $source = $pop->source
Function: Get the population source
Returns : string representing population source
Args    : [optional] string representing population source

get_Individuals

Title   : get_Individuals
Usage   : my @inds = $pop->get_Individuals();
Function: Return the individuals, alternatively restrict by a criteria
Returns : Array of L<Bio::PopGen::IndividualI> objects
Args    : none if want all the individuals OR,
          -unique_id => To get an individual with a specific id
          -marker    => To only get individuals which have a genotype specific
                       for a specific marker name

get_Genotypes

Title   : get_Genotypes
Usage   : my @genotypes = $pop->get_Genotypes(-marker => $name)
Function: Get the genotypes for all the individuals for a specific
          marker name
Returns : Array of L<Bio::PopGen::GenotypeI> objects
Args    : -marker => name of the marker

get_Marker

Title   : get_Marker
Usage   : my $marker = $population->get_Marker($name)
Function: Get a Bio::PopGen::Marker object based on this population
Returns : L<Bio::PopGen::MarkerI> object
Args    : name of the marker

get_marker_names

Title   : get_marker_names
Usage   : my @names = $pop->get_marker_names;
Function: Get the names of the markers
Returns : Array of strings
Args    : none

get_Markers

Title   : get_Markers
Usage   : my @markers = $pop->get_Markers();
Function: Will retrieve a list of instantiated MarkerI objects 
          for a population.  This is a convience method combining
          get_marker_names with get_Marker
Returns : List of array of Bio::PopGen::MarkerI objects
Args    : none

get_number_individuals

Title   : get_number_individuals
Usage   : my $count = $pop->get_number_individuals;
Function: Get the count of the number of individuals
Returns : integer >= 0
Args    : [optional] marker name, will return a count of the number
          of individuals which have this marker