coil (version 1.0.0)

which_trans_table: Determine the translation table to use for a given phylogenetic group.

Description

Recommends which translation table to use if taxonomic data is available. The recommendations are based on the translation tables reported for different taxonomic classifications on the barcode of life database (http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php).

Usage

which_trans_table(x)

Arguments

x

a taxonomic designation (allowed ranks: family, order, class, phylum).

Value

an integer indicating the correct translation table.

Details

If which_trans_table is unable to identify a translation table to utilize, more information on translation tables can be found here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Utils/wprintgc.cgi

Examples

# NOT RUN {
which_trans_table("Chordata") #phylum
which_trans_table("Actinopterygii") #class
which_trans_table("Akentrogonida")  #order
which_trans_table("Hydrobiidae") #family
# }