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Bioinformatics with Python Cookbook

Bioinformatics with Python Cookbook

By : Tiago Antao
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Bioinformatics with Python Cookbook

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If you have intermediate-level knowledge of Python and are well aware of the main research and vocabulary in your bioinformatics topic of interest, this book will help you develop your knowledge further.
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Chapter 1: Python and the Surrounding Software Ecology
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Chapter 1: Python and the Surrounding Software Ecology
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Installing the required basic software with Anaconda
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Installing the required software with Docker
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Interfacing with R via rpy2
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Performing R magic with Jupyter
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Chapter 2: Getting to Know NumPy, pandas, Arrow, and Matplotlib
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Chapter 2: Getting to Know NumPy, pandas, Arrow, and Matplotlib
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Using pandas to process vaccine-adverse events
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Dealing with the pitfalls of joining pandas DataFrames
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Reducing the memory usage of pandas DataFrames
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Accelerating pandas processing with 
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Understanding NumPy as the engine behind Python data science and bioinformatics
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Introducing Matplotlib for chart generation
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Chapter 3: Next-Generation Sequencing
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Chapter 3: Next-Generation Sequencing
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Accessing GenBank and moving around NCBI databases
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Performing basic sequence analysis
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Working with modern sequence formats
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Working with alignment data
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Extracting data from VCF files
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Studying genome accessibility and filtering SNP data
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Processing NGS data with HTSeq
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Chapter 4: Advanced NGS Data Processing
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Chapter 4: Advanced NGS Data Processing
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Preparing a dataset for analysis
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Using Mendelian error information for quality control
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Exploring the data with standard statistics
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Finding genomic features from sequencing annotations
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Doing metagenomics with QIIME 2 Python API
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Chapter 5: Working with Genomes
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Chapter 5: Working with Genomes
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Technical requirements
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Working with high-quality reference genomes
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Dealing with low-quality genome references
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Traversing genome annotations
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Extracting genes from a reference using annotations
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Finding orthologues with the Ensembl REST API
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Retrieving gene ontology information from Ensembl
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Chapter 6: Population Genetics
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Chapter 6: Population Genetics
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Managing datasets with PLINK
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Using sgkit for population genetics analysis with xarray
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Exploring a dataset with sgkit
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Analyzing population structure
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Performing a PCA
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Investigating population structure with admixture
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Chapter 7: Phylogenetics
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Chapter 7: Phylogenetics
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Preparing a dataset for phylogenetic analysis
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Aligning genetic and genomic data
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Comparing sequences
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Reconstructing phylogenetic trees
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Playing recursively with trees
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Visualizing phylogenetic data
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Chapter 8: Using the Protein Data Bank
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Chapter 8: Using the Protein Data Bank
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Finding a protein in multiple databases
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Introducing Bio.PDB
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Extracting more information from a PDB file
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Computing molecular distances on a PDB file
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Performing geometric operations
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Animating with PyMOL
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Parsing mmCIF files using Biopython
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Chapter 9: Bioinformatics Pipelines
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Chapter 9: Bioinformatics Pipelines
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Introducing Galaxy servers
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Accessing Galaxy using the API
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Deploying a variant analysis pipeline with Snakemake
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Deploying a variant analysis pipeline with Nextflow
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Chapter 10: Machine Learning for Bioinformatics
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Chapter 10: Machine Learning for Bioinformatics
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Introducing scikit-learn with a PCA example
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Using clustering over PCA to classify samples
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Exploring breast cancer traits using Decision Trees
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Predicting breast cancer outcomes using Random Forests
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Chapter 11: Parallel Processing with Dask and Zarr
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Chapter 11: Parallel Processing with Dask and Zarr
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Reading genomics data with Zarr
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Parallel processing of data using Python multiprocessing
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Using Dask to process genomic data based on NumPy arrays
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Scheduling tasks with dask.distributed
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Chapter 12: Functional Programming for Bioinformatics
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Chapter 12: Functional Programming for Bioinformatics
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Understanding pure functions
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Understanding immutability
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Avoiding mutability as a robust development pattern
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Using lazy programming for pipelining
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The limits of recursion with Python
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A showcase of Python’s functools module
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