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dnapath (version 0.7.4)

format_species_name: Format sepcies name input.

Description

Internal function used to format species names to be used with biomart.

Usage

format_species_name(species)

Arguments

species

The species to obtain a biomart dataset for. For example: "Homo sapiens", "m musculus", "C. elegans", or "S cerevisiae", and "Human" and "mouse" will be converted to the format required in biomart.

Value

A string containing the formatted species name.