[Biopython] search ncbi automatically

Jessica Grant jgrant at smith.edu
Mon Apr 9 20:29:16 UTC 2012


Hello,

I am working on a phylogenomic pipeline and want to keep my database as up-to-date as possible.  


I was wondering if there is a way to automatically search genbank on occasion (every month or so, or however often they release new data) to see if any new sequences have been added for the taxa we are working with.  Is there a way to run a script in the background that will just go out and do that for me, and let me know if it finds anything?  

Thanks for your help!

Jessica






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