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1 # $Id: Taxon.pm,v 1.1 2002/11/18 22:08:33 kortsch Exp $
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2 #
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3 # BioPerl module for Bio::Taxonomy::Taxon
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4 #
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5 # Cared for by Dan Kortschak but pilfered extensively from
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6 # the Bio::Tree::Node code of Jason Stajich
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7 #
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8 # You may distribute this module under the same terms as perl itself
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9
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10 # POD documentation - main docs before the code
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11
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12 =head1 NAME
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13
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14 Bio::Taxonomy::Taxon - Generic Taxonomic Entity object
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15
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16 =head1 SYNOPSIS
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17
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18 use Bio::Taxonomy::Taxon;
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19 my $taxonA = new Bio::Taxonomy::Taxon();
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20 my $taxonL = new Bio::Taxonomy::Taxon();
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21 my $taxonR = new Bio::Taxonomy::Taxon();
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22
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23 my $taxon = new Bio::Taxonomy::Taxon();
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24 $taxon->add_Descendents($nodeL);
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25 $taxon->add_Descendents($nodeR);
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26
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27 $species = $taxon->species;
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28
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29 =head1 DESCRIPTION
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30
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31 Makes a taxonomic unit suitable for use in a taxonomic tree
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32
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33 =head1 CONTACT
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34
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35 Dan Kortschak email B<kortschak@rsbs.anu.edu.au>
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36
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37 =head1 APPENDIX
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38
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39 The rest of the documentation details each of the object
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40 methods. Internal methods are usually preceded with a _
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41
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42 =cut
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43
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44
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45 # code begins...
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46
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47 package Bio::Taxonomy::Taxon;
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48 use vars qw(@ISA $CREATIONORDER);
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49 use strict;
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50
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51 # Object preamble - inherits from Bio::Root::Object, Bio::Tree::NodeI, Bio::Species and Bio::Taxonomy
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52 use Bio::Root::Root;
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53 use Bio::Tree::NodeI;
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54 use Bio::Taxonomy;
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55 use Bio::Species;
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56
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57 # import rank information from Bio::Taxonomy.pm
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58 use vars qw(@RANK %RANK);
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59
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60 @ISA = qw(Bio::Root::Root Bio::Tree::NodeI);
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61
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62 BEGIN {
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63 $CREATIONORDER = 0;
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64 }
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65
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66 =head2 new
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67
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68 Title : new
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69 Usage : my $obj = new Bio::Taxonomy::Taxon();
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70 Function: Builds a new Bio::Taxonomy::Taxon object
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71 Returns : Bio::Taxonomy::Taxon
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72 Args : -descendents => array pointer to descendents (optional)
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73 -branch_length => branch length [integer] (optional)
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74 -taxon => taxon
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75 -id => unique taxon id for node (from NCBI's list preferably)
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76 -rank => the taxonomic level of the node (also from NCBI)
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77
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78 =cut
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79
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80 sub new {
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81 my($class,@args) = @_;
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82
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83 my $self = $class->SUPER::new(@args);
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84 my ($children,$branchlen,$id,$taxon,$rank,$desc) =
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85
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86 $self->_rearrange([qw(DESCENDENTS
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87 BRANCH_LENGTH
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88 ID
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89 TAXON
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90 RANK
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91 DESC)], @args);
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92
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93 $self->{'_desc'} = {};
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94 defined $desc && $self->description($desc);
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95 defined $taxon && $self->taxon($taxon);
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96 defined $id && $self->id($id);
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97 defined $branchlen && $self->branch_length($branchlen);
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98 defined $rank && $self->rank($rank);
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99
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100 if( defined $children ) {
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101 if( ref($children) !~ /ARRAY/i ) {
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102 $self->warn("Must specify a valid ARRAY reference to initialize a Taxon's Descendents");
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103 }
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104 foreach my $c ( @$children ) {
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105 $self->add_Descendent($c);
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106 }
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107 }
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108 $self->_creation_id($CREATIONORDER++);
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109 return $self;
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110 }
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111
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112 =head2 add_Descendent
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113
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114 Title : add_Descendent
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115 Usage : $taxon->add_Descendant($taxon);
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116 Function: Adds a descendent to a taxon
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117 Returns : number of current descendents for this taxon
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118 Args : Bio::Taxonomy::Taxon
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119 boolean flag, true if you want to ignore the fact that you are
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120 adding a second node with the same unique id (typically memory
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121 location reference in this implementation). default is false and
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122 will throw an error if you try and overwrite an existing node.
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123
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124
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125 =cut
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126
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127 sub add_Descendent{
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128
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129 my ($self,$node,$ignoreoverwrite) = @_;
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130
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131 return -1 if( ! defined $node ) ;
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132 if( ! $node->isa('Bio::Taxonomy::Taxon') ) {
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133 $self->warn("Trying to add a Descendent who is not a Bio::Taxonomy::Taxon");
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134 return -1;
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135 }
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136 # do we care about order?
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137 $node->{'_ancestor'} = $self;
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138 if( $self->{'_desc'}->{$node->internal_id} && ! $ignoreoverwrite ) {
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139 $self->throw("Going to overwrite a taxon which is $node that is already stored here, set the ignore overwrite flag (parameter 2) to true to ignore this in the future");
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140 }
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141
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142 $self->{'_desc'}->{$node->internal_id} = $node; # is this safely unique - we've tested before at any rate??
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143
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144 $self->invalidate_height();
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145
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146 return scalar keys %{$self->{'_desc'}};
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147 }
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148
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149
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150 =head2 each_Descendent
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151
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152 Title : each_Descendent($sortby)
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153 Usage : my @taxa = $taxon->each_Descendent;
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154 Function: all the descendents for this taxon (but not their descendents
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155 i.e. not a recursive fetchall)
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156 Returns : Array of Bio::Taxonomy::Taxon objects
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157 Args : $sortby [optional] "height", "creation" or coderef to be used
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158 to sort the order of children taxa.
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159
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160
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161 =cut
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162
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163 sub each_Descendent{
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164 my ($self, $sortby) = @_;
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165
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166 # order can be based on branch length (and sub branchlength)
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167
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168 $sortby ||= 'height';
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169
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170 if (ref $sortby eq 'CODE') {
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171 return sort $sortby values %{$self->{'_desc'}};
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172 } else {
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173 if ($sortby eq 'height') {
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174 return map { $_->[0] }
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175 sort { $a->[1] <=> $b->[1] ||
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176 $a->[2] <=> $b->[2] }
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177 map { [$_, $_->height, $_->internal_id ] }
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178 values %{$self->{'_desc'}};
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179 } else {
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180 return map { $_->[0] }
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181 sort { $a->[1] <=> $b->[1] }
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182 map { [$_, $_->height ] }
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183 values %{$self->{'_desc'}};
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184 }
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185 }
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186 }
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187
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188 =head2 remove_Descendent
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189
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190 Title : remove_Descendent
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191 Usage : $taxon->remove_Descedent($taxon_foo);
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192 Function: Removes a specific taxon from being a Descendent of this taxon
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193 Returns : nothing
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194 Args : An array of Bio::taxonomy::Taxon objects which have be previously
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195 passed to the add_Descendent call of this object.
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196
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197 =cut
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198
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199 sub remove_Descendent{
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200 my ($self,@nodes) = @_;
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201 foreach my $n ( @nodes ) {
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202 if( $self->{'_desc'}->{$n->internal_id} ) {
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203 $n->{'_ancestor'} = undef;
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204 $self->{'_desc'}->{$n->internal_id}->{'_ancestor'} = undef;
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205 delete $self->{'_desc'}->{$n->internal_id};
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206
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207 } else {
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208 $self->debug(sprintf("no taxon %s (%s) listed as a descendent in this taxon %s (%s)\n",$n->id, $n,$self->id,$self));
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209 $self->debug("Descendents are " . join(',', keys %{$self->{'_desc'}})."\n");
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210 }
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211 }
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212 1;
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213 }
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214
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215
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216 =head2 remove_all_Descendents
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217
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218 Title : remove_all_Descendents
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219 Usage : $taxon->remove_All_Descendents()
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220 Function: Cleanup the taxon's reference to descendents and reset
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221 their ancestor pointers to undef, if you don't have a reference
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222 to these objects after this call they will be cleanedup - so
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223 a get_nodes from the Tree object would be a safe thing to do first
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224 Returns : nothing
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225 Args : none
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226
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227
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228 =cut
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229
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230 sub remove_all_Descendents{
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231 my ($self) = @_;
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232 # this won't cleanup the taxa themselves if you also have
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233 # a copy/pointer of them (I think)...
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234 while( my ($node,$val) = each %{ $self->{'_desc'} } ) {
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235 $val->{'_ancestor'} = undef;
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236 }
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237 $self->{'_desc'} = {};
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238 1;
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239 }
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240
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241 =head2 get_Descendents
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242
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243 Title : get_Descendents
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244 Usage : my @taxa = $taxon->get_Descendents;
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245 Function: Recursively fetch all the taxa and their descendents
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246 *NOTE* This is different from each_Descendent
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247 Returns : Array or Bio::Taxonomy::Taxon objects
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248 Args : none
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249
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250 =cut
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251
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252 # implemented in the interface
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253
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254 =head2 ancestor
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255
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256 Title : ancestor
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257 Usage : $taxon->ancestor($newval)
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258 Function: Set the Ancestor
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259 Returns : value of ancestor
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260 Args : newvalue (optional)
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261
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262 =cut
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263
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264 sub ancestor {
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265 my ($self, $value) = @_;
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266 if (defined $value) {
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267 $self->{'_ancestor'} = $value;
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268 }
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269 return $self->{'_ancestor'};
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270 }
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271
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272 =head2 branch_length
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273
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274 Title : branch_length
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275 Usage : $obj->branch_length($newval)
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276 Function:
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277 Example :
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278 Returns : value of branch_length
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279 Args : newvalue (optional)
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280
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281
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282 =cut
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283
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284 sub branch_length {
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285 my ($self,$value) = @_;
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286 if( defined $value) {
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287 $self->{'branch_length'} = $value;
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288 }
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289 return $self->{'branch_length'};
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290 }
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291
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292 =head2 description
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293
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294 Title : description
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295 Usage : $obj->description($newval)
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296 Function:
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297 Example :
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298 Returns : value of description
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299 Args : newvalue (optional)
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300
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301
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302 =cut
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303
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304 sub description {
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305 my ($self,$value) = @_;
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306 if( defined $value ) {
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307 $self->{'_desc'} = $value;
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308 }
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309 return $self->{'_desc'};
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310 }
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311
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312
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313 =head2 rank
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314
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315 Title : rank
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316 Usage : $obj->rank($newval)
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317 Function: Set the taxonomic rank
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318 Example :
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319 Returns : taxonomic rank of taxon
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320 Args : newvalue (optional)
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321
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322
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323 =cut
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324
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325 sub rank {
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326 my ($self,$value) = @_;
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327 if (defined $value) {
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328 my $ranks=join("|",@RANK);
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329 if ($value=~/$ranks/) {
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330 $self->{'_rank'} = $value;
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331 } else {
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332 $self->throw("Attempted to set unknown taxonomic rank: $value.\n");
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333 }
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334 }
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335 return $self->{'_rank'};
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336 }
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337
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338
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339 =head2 taxon
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340
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341 Title : taxon
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342 Usage : $obj->taxon($newtaxon)
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343 Function: Set the name of the taxon
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344 Example :
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345 Returns : name of taxon
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346 Args : newtaxon (optional)
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347
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348
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349 =cut
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350
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351 # because internal taxa have names too...
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352 sub taxon {
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353 my ($self,$value) = @_;
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354 if( defined $value ) {
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355 $self->{'_taxon'} = $value;
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356 }
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357 return $self->{'_taxon'};
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358 }
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359
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360
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361 =head2 id
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362
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363 Title : id
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364 Usage : $obj->id($newval)
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365 Function:
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366 Example :
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367 Returns : value of id
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368 Args : newvalue (optional)
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369
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370
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371 =cut
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372
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373 sub id {
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374 my ($self,$value) = @_;
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375 if( defined $value ) {
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376 $self->{'_id'} = $value;
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377 }
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378 return $self->{'_id'};
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379 }
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380
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381
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382
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383 sub DESTROY {
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384 my ($self) = @_;
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385 # try to insure that everything is cleaned up
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386 $self->SUPER::DESTROY();
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387 if( defined $self->{'_desc'} &&
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388 ref($self->{'_desc'}) =~ /ARRAY/i ) {
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389 while( my ($nodeid,$node) = each %{ $self->{'_desc'} } ) {
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390 $node->{'_ancestor'} = undef; # ensure no circular references
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391 $node->DESTROY();
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392 $node = undef;
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393 }
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394 $self->{'_desc'} = {};
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395 }
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396 }
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397
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398 =head2 internal_id
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399
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400 Title : internal_id
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401 Usage : my $internalid = $taxon->internal_id
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402 Function: Returns the internal unique id for this taxon
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403 (a monotonically increasing number for this in-memory implementation
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404 but could be a database determined unique id in other
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405 implementations)
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406 Returns : unique id
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407 Args : none
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408
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409 =cut
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410
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411 sub internal_id {
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412 return $_[0]->_creation_id;
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413 }
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414
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415
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416 =head2 _creation_id
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417
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418 Title : _creation_id
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419 Usage : $obj->_creation_id($newval)
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420 Function: a private method signifying the internal creation order
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421 Returns : value of _creation_id
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422 Args : newvalue (optional)
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423
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424
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425 =cut
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426
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427 sub _creation_id {
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428 my ($self,$value) = @_;
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429 if( defined $value) {
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430 $self->{'_creation_id'} = $value;
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431 }
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432 return $self->{'_creation_id'} || 0;
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433 }
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434
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435
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436 # The following methods are implemented by NodeI decorated interface
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437
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438 =head2 is_Leaf
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439
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440 Title : is_Leaf
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441 Usage : if( $node->is_Leaf )
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442 Function: Get Leaf status
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443 Returns : boolean
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444 Args : none
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445
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446 =cut
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447
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448 sub is_Leaf {
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449 my ($self) = @_;
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450 my $rc = 0;
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451 $rc = 1 if( ! defined $self->{'_desc'} ||
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452 keys %{$self->{'_desc'}} == 0);
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453 return $rc;
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454 }
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455
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456 =head2 to_string
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457
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458 Title : to_string
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459 Usage : my $str = $taxon->to_string()
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460 Function: For debugging, provide a taxon as a string
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461 Returns : string
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462 Args : none
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463
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464 =cut
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465
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466 =head2 height
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467
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468 Title : height
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469 Usage : my $len = $taxon->height
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470 Function: Returns the height of the tree starting at this
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471 taxon. Height is the maximum branchlength.
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472 Returns : The longest length (weighting branches with branch_length) to a leaf
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473 Args : none
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474
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475 =cut
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476
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477 sub height {
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478 my ($self) = @_;
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479
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480 return $self->{'_height'} if( defined $self->{'_height'} );
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481
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482 if( $self->is_Leaf ) {
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483 if( !defined $self->branch_length ) {
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484 $self->debug(sprintf("Trying to calculate height of a taxon when a taxon (%s) has an undefined branch_length",$self->id || '?' ));
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485 return 0;
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486 }
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487 return $self->branch_length;
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488 }
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489 my $max = 0;
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490 foreach my $subnode ( $self->each_Descendent ) {
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491 my $s = $subnode->height;
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492 if( $s > $max ) { $max = $s; }
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493 }
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494 return ($self->{'_height'} = $max + ($self->branch_length || 1));
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495 }
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496
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497
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498 =head2 invalidate_height
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499
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500 Title : invalidate_height
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501 Usage : private helper method
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502 Function: Invalidate our cached value of the taxon's height in the tree
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503 Returns : nothing
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504 Args : none
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505
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506 =cut
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507
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508
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509 sub invalidate_height {
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510 my ($self) = @_;
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511
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512 $self->{'_height'} = undef;
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513 if( $self->ancestor ) {
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514 $self->ancestor->invalidate_height;
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515 }
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516 }
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517
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518 =head2 classify
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519
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520 Title : classify
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521 Usage : @obj->classify()
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522 Function: a method to return the classification of a species
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523 Returns : name of taxon and ancestor's taxon recursively
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524 Args : boolean to specify whether we want all taxa not just ranked
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525 levels
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526
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527
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528 =cut
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529
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530 sub classify {
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531 my ($self,$allnodes) = @_;
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532
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533 my @classification=($self->taxon);
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534 my $node=$self;
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535
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536 while (defined $node->ancestor) {
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537 push @classification, $node->ancestor->taxon if $allnodes==1;
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538 $node=$node->ancestor;
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539 }
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540
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541 return (@classification);
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542 }
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543
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544
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545 =head2 has_rank
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546
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547 Title : has_rank
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548 Usage : $obj->has_rank($rank)
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549 Function: a method to query ancestors' rank
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550 Returns : boolean
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551 Args : $rank
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552
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553
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554 =cut
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555
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556 sub has_rank {
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557 my ($self,$rank) = @_;
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558
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559 return $self if $self->rank eq $rank;
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560
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561 while (defined $self->ancestor) {
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562 return $self if $self->ancestor->rank eq $rank;
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563 $self=$self->ancestor;
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564 }
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565
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566 return undef;
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567 }
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568
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569
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570 =head2 has_taxon
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571
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572 Title : has_taxon
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573 Usage : $obj->has_taxon($taxon)
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574 Function: a method to query ancestors' taxa
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575 Returns : boolean
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576 Args : Bio::Taxonomy::Taxon object
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577
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578
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579 =cut
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580
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581 sub has_taxon {
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582 my ($self,$taxon) = @_;
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583
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584 return $self if
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585 ((defined $self->id && $self->id == $taxon->id) ||
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586 ($self->taxon eq $taxon->taxon && $self->rank eq $taxon->rank));
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587
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588 while (defined $self->ancestor) {
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589 return $self if
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590 ((defined $self->id && $self->id == $taxon->id) ||
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591 ($self->taxon eq $taxon->taxon && $self->rank eq $taxon->rank) &&
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592 ($self->taxon ne 'no rank'));
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593 $self=$self->ancestor;
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594 }
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595
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596 return undef;
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597 }
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598
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599
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600 =head2 distance_to_root
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601
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602 Title : distance_to_root
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603 Usage : $obj->distance_to_root
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604 Function: a method to query ancestors' taxa
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605 Returns : number of links to root
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606 Args :
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607
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608
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609 =cut
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610
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611 sub distance_to_root {
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612 my ($self,$taxon) = @_;
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613
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614 my $count=0;
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615
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616 while (defined $self->ancestor) {
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617 $count++;
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618 $self=$self->ancestor;
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619 }
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620
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621 return $count;
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622 }
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623
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624
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625 =head2 recent_common_ancestor
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626
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627 Title : recent_common_ancestor
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628 Usage : $obj->recent_common_ancestor($taxon)
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629 Function: a method to query find common ancestors
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630 Returns : Bio::Taxonomy::Taxon of query or undef if no ancestor of rank
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631 Args : Bio::Taxonomy::Taxon
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632
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633
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634 =cut
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635
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636 sub recent_common_ancestor {
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637 my ($self,$node) = @_;
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638
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639 while (defined $node->ancestor) {
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640 my $common=$self->has_taxon($node);
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641 return $common if defined $common;
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642 $node=$node->ancestor;
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643 }
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644
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645 return undef;
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646 }
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647
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648 =head2 species
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649
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650 Title : species
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651 Usage : $obj=$taxon->species;
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652 Function: Returns a Bio::Species object reflecting the taxon's tree position
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653 Returns : a Bio::Species object
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654 Args : none
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655
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656 =cut
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657
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658 sub species {
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659 my ($self) = @_;
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660 my $species;
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661
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662 if ($self->has_rank('subspecies') && $self->ancestor->rank eq 'species') {
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663 $species = Bio::Species->new(-classification => $self->ancestor->classify);
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664 $species->genus($self->ancestor->ancestor->taxon);
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665 $species->species($self->ancestor->taxon);
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666 $species->sub_species($self->taxon);
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667 } elsif ($self->has_rank('species')) {
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668 $species = Bio::Species->new(-classification => $self->classify);
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669 $species->genus($self->ancestor->taxon);
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670 $species->species($self->taxon);
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671 } else {
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672 $self->throw("Trying to create a species from a taxonomic entity without species rank. Use classify instead of species.\n");
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673 }
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674 return $species;
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675 }
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676
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677 1;
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