[Biopython-dev] FDist: more Population Genetics code

[Peter]

Hi Tiago,

Have you had any feedback (off the mailing list)?

Ralph - did you have a chance to look over Tiago's code or discuss this 
with him?

It would be a shame if nothing came from this...

Peter

Tiago Antão wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I have submitted another enhancement bug, with support for FDist. It
> allows to generate and parse Fdist files and to control fdist
> applications. There are also a couple of utility functions. FDist is a
> niche application (mainly used to detect selection in animal
> genetics). Not the most fundamental one to support, but it is
> currently one that I am working on, thus, the code.
> 
> Regarding my summited code for GenePop, I have summited a different
> version on bugzilla.  The main difference, is that I moved everything
> from Bio to Bio.PopGen.
> 
> Before I continue putting code on bugzilla I would like to know if it
> is worthwhile doing it... Any opinions on the code submitted or if any
> changes are required? I would really like to continue converting my
> code to BioPython, but only if it has any possibility of ending up
> being useful/included in distribution somewhere in the future... ;)
> 
> I am currently working on code related to SimCoal2, Arlequin and
> general statistics (Fst, heterozygosity, ...). Which will probably be
> ready quite soon (ie, next two weeks). This is more mainstream than
> FDist
> 
> I have some other code lying around mainly related to HapMap, but I
> will only submit it after reviewing and reusing it again. This is more
> distant future ... like a couple of months.
> 
> Tiago