[BioPython] Distance Matrix Parsers

[Marc Colosimo]

Hi Chris,

I don't think there is a parser for those. I have in the past thought  
about writing them up. I was looking over the structure of BioPython  
to see where it would best fit [I'll save my rant on this for another  
time, maybe later today]. In the mean time, the folks at BioPerl have  
Bio-Phylo CPAN module <http://search.cpan.org/~rvosa/Bio-Phylo/>,  
which looks nice, but it does NOT have what you are looking for.  
However, I am planning on following that.

Marc

On Jun 8, 2006, at 5:32 PM, Chris Lasher wrote:

> Hi all,
>   Are there any modules in BioPython to parse distance matrices? My
> poking around the BioPython modules and Google searching does not turn
> up any signs indicating there are distance matrix parsers, currently.
> Two particularly useful parsers would be a parser for the output of
> DNADIST/PROTDIST/RESTDIST from PHYLIP
> (http://evolution.genetics.washington.edu/phylip.html), and a parser
> for the MEGA (http://www.megasoftware.net/mega.html) distance matrix
> format. If not, would there be any interest in creating parsers for
> these matrices, other than my own? I think parsers for distance
> matrices could be very useful to the community.
>
> Chris
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