Bio::Tree::NodeI Interface describing a Tree Node
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Bio::Tree::NodeI Description

Interface describing a Tree Node Bio::Tree::NodeI is a Perl interface describing a Tree Node.SYNOPSIS # get a Tree::NodeI somehow # like from a TreeIO use Bio::TreeIO; # read in a clustalw NJ in phylip/newick format my $treeio = new Bio::TreeIO(-format => 'newick', -file => 'file.dnd'); my $tree = $treeio->next_tree; # we'll assume it worked for demo purposes # you might want to test that it was defined my $rootnode = $tree->get_root_node; # process just the next generation foreach my $node ( $rootnode->each_Descendent() ) { print "branch len is ", $node->branch_length, " "; } # process all the children my $example_leaf_node; foreach my $node ( $rootnode->get_all_Descendents() ) { if( $node->is_Leaf ) { print "node is a leaf ... "; # for example use below $example_leaf_node = $node unless defined $example_leaf_node; } print "branch len is ", $node->branch_length, " "; } # The ancestor() method points to the parent of a node # A node can only have one parent my $parent = $example_leaf_node->ancestor; # parent won't likely have an description because it is an internal node # but child will because it is a leaf print "Parent id: ", $parent->id," child id: ", $example_leaf_node->id, " ";A NodeI is capable of the basic structure of building a tree and storing the branch length between nodes. The branch length is the length of the branch between the node and its ancestor, thus a root node in a Tree will not typically have a valid branch length.Various implementations of NodeI may extend the basic functions and allow storing of other information (like attatching a species object or full sequences used to build a tree or alternative sequences). If you don't know how to extend a Bioperl object please ask, happy to help, we would also greatly appreciate contributions with improvements or extensions of the objects back to the Bioperl code base so that others don't have to reinvent your ideas. Requirements: · Perl

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