1.03_ParsingRefGenome.ipynb

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      "'wget' is not recognized as an internal or external command,\n",
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    "# Following line downloads FASTA file containing the lambda phage reference genome\n",
    "!wget http://d28rh4a8wq0iu5.cloudfront.net/ads1/data/lambda_virus.fa"
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       "'GGGCGGCGACCTCGCGGGTTTTCGCTATTTATGAAAATTTTCCGGTTTAAGGCGTTTCCGTTCTTCTTCGTCATAACTTAATGTTTTTATTTAAAATACC'"
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    "def readGenome(filename):\n",
    "    genome = ''\n",
    "    with open(filename, 'r') as f:\n",
    "        for line in f:\n",
    "            # ignore header line with genome information\n",
    "            if not line[0] == '>':\n",
    "                genome += line.rstrip()\n",
    "    return genome\n",
    "genome = readGenome('lambda_virus.fa')\n",
    "genome[:100]\n"
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      "{'A': 12334, 'C': 11362, 'T': 11986, 'G': 12820}\n"
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    "# Count the number of occurences of each base\n",
    "counts = {'A': 0, 'C': 0, 'G': 0, 'T': 0}\n",
    "for base in genome:\n",
    "    counts[base] += 1\n",
    "print(counts)"
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       "Counter({'G': 12820, 'A': 12334, 'T': 11986, 'C': 11362})"
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    "import collections\n",
    "collections.Counter(genome)"
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