2 # BioPerl module for Bio::Species
4 # Please direct questions and support issues to <bioperl-l@bioperl.org>
6 # Cared for by James Gilbert <jgrg@sanger.ac.uk>
7 # Reimplemented by Sendu Bala <bix@sendu.me.uk>
8 # Re-reimplemented by Chris Fields <cjfields - at - bioperl dot org>
10 # You may distribute this module under the same terms as perl itself
12 # POD documentation - main docs before the code
16 Bio::Species - Generic species object.
20 $species = Bio::Species->new(-classification => [@classification]);
21 # Can also pass classification
22 # array to new as below
24 $species->classification(qw( sapiens Homo Hominidae
25 Catarrhini Primates Eutheria
26 Mammalia Vertebrata Chordata
29 $genus = $species->genus();
31 $bi = $species->binomial(); # $bi is now "Homo sapiens"
33 # For storing common name
34 $species->common_name("human");
36 # For storing subspecies
37 $species->sub_species("accountant");
41 B<NOTE: This class is planned for deprecation in favor of the simpler Bio::Taxon.
42 Please use that class instead.>
44 Provides a very simple object for storing phylogenetic information. The
45 classification is stored in an array, which is a list of nodes in a phylogenetic
46 tree. Access to getting and setting species and genus is provided, but not to
47 any of the other node types (eg: "phylum", "class", "order", "family"). There's
48 plenty of scope for making the model more sophisticated, if this is ever needed.
50 A methods are also provided for storing common names, and subspecies.
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84 James Gilbert email B<jgrg@sanger.ac.uk>
88 Sendu Bala, bix@sendu.me.uk
89 Chris Fields, cjfields at bioperl dot org
93 The rest of the documentation details each of the object
94 methods. Internal methods are usually preceded with a _
98 #' Let the code begin...
100 package Bio
::Species
;
104 use Bio
::DB
::Taxonomy
;
107 use base
qw(Bio::Root::Root Bio::Tree::NodeI);
112 Usage : my $obj = Bio::Species->new(-classification => \@class)
113 Function: Build a new Species object
114 Returns : Bio::Species object
115 Args : -ncbi_taxid => NCBI taxonomic ID (optional)
116 -classification => arrayref of classification
121 my($class, @args) = @_;
123 my $self = $class->SUPER::new
(@args);
125 # Bio::Species is now just a proxy object that just observes the NodeI
126 # interface methods but delegates them to the proper classes (Bio::Taxon and
127 # Bio::Tree::Tree). This will be surplanted by the much simpler
128 # Bio::Taxon/Bio::DB::Taxonomy modules in the future.
130 # Using a proxy allows proper GC w/o using weaken(). This just wraps the
131 # older instances, which have no reciprocal refs (thus no circular refs).
132 # This can then run proper cleanup
134 $self->taxon(Bio
::Taxon
->new(@args));
136 my ($org, $sp, $var, $classification) =
137 $self->_rearrange([qw(ORGANELLE
140 CLASSIFICATION)], @args);
142 if (defined $classification && ref($classification) eq "ARRAY" && @
{$classification}) {
143 $self->classification(@
$classification);
146 $self->tree(Bio
::Tree
::Tree
->new());
149 defined $org && $self->organelle($org);
150 defined $sp && $self->sub_species($sp);
151 defined $var && $self->variant($var);
156 =head2 classification
158 Title : classification
159 Usage : $self->classification(@class_array);
160 @classification = $self->classification();
161 Function: Get/set the lineage of this species. The array provided must be in
162 the order ... ---> SPECIES, GENUS ---> KINGDOM ---> etc.
163 Example : $obj->classification(qw( 'Homo sapiens' Homo Hominidae
164 Catarrhini Primates Eutheria Mammalia Vertebrata
165 Chordata Metazoa Eukaryota));
166 Returns : Classification array
167 Args : Classification array
169 A reference to the classification array. In the latter case
170 if there is a second argument and it evaluates to true,
171 names will not be validated. NB: in any case, names are never
177 my ($self, @vals) = @_;
179 my $taxon = $self->taxon;
182 if (ref($vals[0]) eq 'ARRAY') {
187 # make sure the lineage contains us as first or second element
188 # (lineage may have subspecies, species, genus ...)
189 my $name = $taxon->node_name;
190 my ($genus, $species) = (quotemeta($vals[1]), quotemeta($vals[0]));
191 if ($name && ($name !~ m{$species}i && $name !~ m{$genus}i) && $name !~ m{$vals[1] $vals[0]}i) {
192 if ($name =~ /^$vals[1] $vals[0]\s*(.+)/) {
193 # just assume the problem is someone tried to make a Bio::Species starting at subspecies
194 #*** no idea if this is appropriate! just a possible fix related to bug 2092
195 $self->sub_species($1);
196 $name = $taxon->node_name("$vals[1] $vals[0]");
199 $self->warn("The supplied lineage does not start near '$name' (I was supplied '".join(" | ", @vals)."')");
203 # create a lineage for ourselves
204 my $db = Bio
::DB
::Taxonomy
->new(-source
=> 'list', -names
=> [reverse @vals]);
205 unless ($taxon->scientific_name) {
206 # assume we're supposed to be the leaf of the supplied lineage
207 $self->taxon->scientific_name($vals[0]);
209 unless ($taxon->rank) {
210 # and that we are rank species
211 $taxon->rank('species');
214 $taxon->db_handle($db);
216 $self->tree(Bio
::Tree
::Tree
->new(-node
=> $taxon));
220 foreach my $node ($self->tree->get_lineage_nodes($taxon), $taxon) {
221 unshift(@vals, $node->scientific_name || next);
229 Usage : $obj->ncbi_taxid($newval)
230 Function: Get/set the NCBI Taxon ID
231 Returns : the NCBI Taxon ID as a string
232 Args : newvalue to set or undef to unset (optional)
239 Usage : $self->common_name( $common_name );
240 $common_name = $self->common_name();
241 Function: Get or set the common name of the species
242 Example : $self->common_name('human')
243 Returns : The common name in a string
244 Args : String, which is the common name (optional)
251 Usage : $obj->division($newval)
252 Function: Genbank Division for a species
253 Returns : value of division (a scalar)
254 Args : value of division (a scalar)
261 Usage : $self->species( $species );
262 $species = $self->species();
263 Function: Get or set the species name.
264 Note that this is NOT genus and species
265 -- use $self->binomial() for that.
266 Example : $self->species('sapiens');
267 Returns : species name as string (NOT genus and species)
268 Args : species name as string (NOT genus and species)
273 my ($self, $species) = @_;
276 $self->{_species
} = $species;
279 unless (defined $self->{_species
}) {
280 # work it out from our nodes
281 my $species_taxon = $self->tree->find_node(-rank
=> 'species');
282 unless ($species_taxon) {
283 # just assume we are rank species
284 $species_taxon = $self->taxon;
287 $species = $species_taxon->scientific_name;
290 # munge it like the Bio::SeqIO modules used to do
291 # (more or less copy/pasted from old Bio::SeqIO::genbank, hence comments
292 # referring to 'ORGANISM' etc.)
295 my $root = $self->tree->get_root_node;
297 $self->tree(Bio
::Tree
::Tree
->new(-node
=> $species_taxon));
298 $root = $self->tree->get_root_node;
301 my @spflds = split(' ', $species);
302 if (@spflds > 1 && $root->node_name ne 'Viruses') {
305 # does the next term start with uppercase?
306 # yes: valid genus; no then unconventional
307 # e.g. leaf litter basidiomycete sp. Collb2-39
309 if ($spflds[0] =~ m/^[A-Z]/) {
310 $genus = shift(@spflds);
318 while (my $fld = shift @spflds) {
320 # does it have subspecies or varieties?
321 last if ($fld =~ m/(sp\.|var\.)/);
323 chop $species; # last space
324 $sub_species = join ' ',@spflds if(@spflds);
330 # does ORGANISM start with any words which make its genus undefined?
331 # these are in @unkn_genus
332 # this in case species starts with uppercase so isn't caught above.
333 # alter common name if required
334 my $unconv = 0; # is it unconventional species name?
335 my @unkn_genus = ('unknown','unclassified','uncultured','unidentified');
336 foreach (@unkn_genus) {
337 if ($genus && $genus =~ m/$_/i) {
338 $species = $genus . " " . $species;
343 elsif ($species =~ m/$_/i) {
348 if (!$unconv && !$sub_species && $species =~ s/^(\w+)\s(\w+)$/$1/) {
349 # need to extract subspecies from conventional ORGANISM format.
350 # Will the 'word' in a two element species name
351 # e.g. $species = 'thummi thummi' => $species='thummi' &
352 # $sub_species='thummi'
356 $self->genus($genus) if $genus;
357 $self->sub_species($sub_species) if $sub_species;
360 $self->{_species
} = $species;
362 return $self->{_species
};
368 Usage : $self->genus( $genus );
369 $genus = $self->genus();
370 Function: Get or set the scientific genus name.
371 Example : $self->genus('Homo');
372 Returns : Scientific genus name as string
373 Args : Scientific genus name as string
378 my ($self, $genus) = @_;
380 # TODO: instead of caching the raw name, cache the actual node instance.
382 $self->{_genus
} = $genus;
384 unless (defined $self->{_genus
}) {
385 my $genus_taxon = $self->tree->find_node(-rank
=> 'genus');
386 unless ($genus_taxon) {
387 # just assume our ancestor is rank genus
388 $genus_taxon = $self->taxon->ancestor;
391 $self->{_genus
} = $genus_taxon->scientific_name if $genus_taxon;
394 return $self->{_genus
};
400 Usage : $obj->sub_species($newval)
401 Function: Get or set the scientific subspecies name.
402 Returns : value of sub_species
403 Args : newvalue (optional)
408 my ($self, $sub) = @_;
410 # TODO: instead of caching the raw name, cache the actual node instance.
411 if (!defined $self->{'_sub_species'}) {
412 my $ss_taxon = $self->tree->find_node(-rank
=> 'subspecies');
415 $ss_taxon->scientific_name($sub);
417 # *** weakening ref to our root node in species() to solve a
418 # memory leak means that we have a subspecies taxon to set
419 # during the first call to species(), but it has vanished by
420 # the time a user subsequently calls sub_species() to get the
421 # value. So we 'cheat' and just store the subspecies name in
422 # our self hash, instead of the tree. Is this a problem for
423 # a Species object? Can't decide --sendu
425 # This can now be changed to deal with this information on the
426 # fly. For now, the caching remains, but maybe we should just
427 # let these things deal with mutable data as needed? -- cjfields
429 $self->{'_sub_species'} = $sub;
431 return $ss_taxon->scientific_name;
434 # should we create a node here to be added to the tree?
438 # fall back to direct storage on self
439 $self->{'_sub_species'} = $sub if $sub;
440 return $self->{'_sub_species'};
446 Usage : $obj->variant($newval)
447 Function: Get/set variant information for this species object (strain,
450 Returns : value of variant (a scalar)
451 Args : new value (a scalar or undef, optional)
456 my ($self, $var) = @_;
458 # TODO: instead of caching the raw name, cache the actual node instance.
459 if (!defined $self->{'_variant'}) {
460 my $var_taxon = $self->tree->find_node(-rank
=> 'variant');
463 $var_taxon->scientific_name($var);
465 return $var_taxon->scientific_name;
468 # should we create a node here to be added to the tree?
472 # fall back to direct storage on self
473 $self->{'_variant'} = $var if $var;
474 return $self->{'_variant'};
480 Usage : $binomial = $self->binomial();
481 $binomial = $self->binomial('FULL');
482 Function: Returns a string "Genus species", or "Genus species subspecies",
483 if the first argument is 'FULL' (and the species has a subspecies).
484 Args : Optionally the string 'FULL' to get the full name including
486 Note : This is just munged from the taxon() name
491 my ($self, $full) = @_;
492 my $rank = $self->taxon->rank || 'no rank';
494 my ($species, $genus) = ($self->species, $self->genus);
495 unless (defined $species) {
497 $self->warn("requested binomial but classification was not set");
499 $genus = '' unless( defined $genus);
501 $species =~ s/$genus\s+//;
503 my $bi = "$genus $species";
504 if (defined($full) && $full =~ /full/i) {
505 my $ssp = $self->sub_species;
508 $ssp =~ s/$species\s+//;
515 =head2 validate_species_name
517 Title : validate_species_name
518 Usage : $result = $self->validate_species_name($string);
519 Function: Validate the species portion of the binomial
521 Notes : The string following the "genus name" in the NCBI binomial is so
522 variable that it's not clear that this is a useful function. Consider
523 the binomials "Simian 11 rotavirus (serotype 3 / strain
524 SA11-Patton)", or "St. Thomas 3 rotavirus", straight from GenBank.
525 This is particularly problematic in microbes and viruses. As such,
526 this isn't actually used automatically by any Bio::Species method.
530 sub validate_species_name
{
531 my( $self, $string ) = @_;
533 return 1 if $string eq "sp.";
534 return 1 if $string =~ /strain/;
535 return 1 if $string =~ /^[a-z][\w\s-]+$/i;
536 $self->throw("Invalid species name '$string'");
546 Usage : $self->organelle( $organelle );
547 $organelle = $self->organelle();
548 Function: Get or set the organelle name
549 Example : $self->organelle('Chloroplast')
550 Returns : The organelle name in a string
551 Args : String, which is the organelle name
552 Note : TODO: We currently do not know where the organelle definition will
553 eventually go. This is stored in the source seqfeature, though,
554 so the information isn't lost.
560 return $self->{'_organelle'} = shift if @_;
561 return $self->{'_organelle'};
566 The following methods delegate to the internal Bio::Taxon instance. This is
567 mainly to allow code continue using older methods, with the mind to migrate to
568 using Bio::Taxon and related methods when this class is deprecated.
572 sub node_name
{shift->taxon->node_name(@_)}
573 sub scientific_name
{shift->taxon->node_name(@_)}
575 sub id
{shift->taxon->id(@_)}
576 sub object_id
{shift->taxon->id(@_)}
577 sub ncbi_taxid
{shift->taxon->ncbi_taxid(@_)}
578 sub rank
{shift->taxon->rank(@_)}
579 sub division
{shift->taxon->division(@_)}
581 sub common_names
{shift->taxon->common_names(@_)}
582 sub common_name
{shift->taxon->common_names(@_)}
584 sub genetic_code
{shift->taxon->genetic_code(@_)}
585 sub mitochondrial_genetic_code
{shift->taxon->mitochondrial_genetic_code(@_)}
587 sub create_date
{ shift->taxon->create_date(@_)}
588 sub pub_date
{ shift->taxon->pub_date(@_)}
589 sub update_date
{ shift->taxon->update_date(@_)}
591 sub db_handle
{ shift->taxon->db_handle(@_)}
593 sub parent_id
{ shift->taxon->parent_id(@_)}
594 sub parent_taxon_id
{ shift->taxon->parent_id(@_)}
596 sub version
{ shift->taxon->version(@_)}
597 sub authority
{ shift->taxon->authority(@_)}
598 sub namespace
{ shift->taxon->namespace(@_)}
600 sub ancestor
{ shift->taxon->ancestor(@_)}
601 sub get_Parent_Node
{ shift->taxon->get_Parent_Node(@_)}
602 sub each_Descendent
{ shift->taxon->each_Descendent(@_)}
603 sub get_Children_Nodes
{ shift->taxon->get_Children_Nodes(@_)}
604 sub remove_Descendant
{ shift->taxon->remove_Descendant(@_)}
606 sub name
{ shift->taxon->name(@_)}
612 Function : retrieve the internal Bio::Taxon instance
613 Returns : A Bio::Taxon. If one is not previously set,
614 an instance is created lazily
615 Args : Bio::Taxon (optional)
620 my ($self, $taxon) = @_;
621 if (!$self->{taxon
} || $taxon) {
622 $taxon ||= Bio
::Taxon
->new();
623 $self->{taxon
} = $taxon;
632 Function : Returns a Bio::Tree::Tree object
633 Returns : A Bio::Tree::Tree. If one is not previously set,
634 an instance is created lazily
635 Args : Bio::Tree::Tree (optional)
640 my ($self, $tree) = @_;
641 if (!$self->{tree
} || $tree) {
642 $tree ||= Bio
::Tree
::Tree
->new();
643 delete $tree->{_root_cleanup_methods
};
644 $self->{tree
} = $tree;
651 $self->tree->cleanup_tree;
652 delete $self->{tree
};
653 $self->taxon->node_cleanup;