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Bioinformatics with Python Cookbook - Third Edition

By : Tiago Antao
Book Image

Bioinformatics with Python Cookbook - Third Edition

By: Tiago Antao

Overview of this book

Bioinformatics is an active research field that uses a range of simple-to-advanced computations to extract valuable information from biological data, and this book will show you how to manage these tasks using Python. This updated third edition of the Bioinformatics with Python Cookbook begins with a quick overview of the various tools and libraries in the Python ecosystem that will help you convert, analyze, and visualize biological datasets. Next, you'll cover key techniques for next-generation sequencing, single-cell analysis, genomics, metagenomics, population genetics, phylogenetics, and proteomics with the help of real-world examples. You'll learn how to work with important pipeline systems, such as Galaxy servers and Snakemake, and understand the various modules in Python for functional and asynchronous programming. This book will also help you explore topics such as SNP discovery using statistical approaches under high-performance computing frameworks, including Dask and Spark. In addition to this, you’ll explore the application of machine learning algorithms in bioinformatics. By the end of this bioinformatics Python book, you'll be equipped with the knowledge you need to implement the latest programming techniques and frameworks, empowering you to deal with bioinformatics data on every scale.
Table of Contents (15 chapters)

Reconstructing phylogenetic trees

Here, we will construct phylogenetic trees for the aligned dataset for all Ebola species. We will follow a procedure that’s quite similar to the one used in the paper.

Getting ready

This recipe requires RAxML, a program for maximum likelihood-based inference of large phylogenetic trees, which you can check out at http://sco.h-its.org/exelixis/software.html. Bioconda also includes it, but it is named raxml. Note that the binary is called raxmlHPC. You can perform the following command to install it:

conda install –c bioconda raxml

The preceding code is simple, but it will take time to execute because it will call RAxML (which is computationally intensive). If you opt to use the DendroPy interface, it might also become memory-intensive. We will interact with RAxML, DendroPy, and Biopython, leaving you with a choice of which interface to use; DendroPy gives you an easy way to access results, whereas Biopython is less memory-intensive...