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enable taxonomy plotting with LIN taxonomic framework?

Open bluegenes opened this issue 1 year ago • 0 comments

In sourmash taxonomy, we're adding utils to use the LIN taxonomic framework, which allows for greater flexibility and specificity compared with standard taxonomic ranks. For example, if only certain strains of a microbe are pathogenic, the LIN framework may be useful for identifying/grouping pathogenic vs non-pathogenic strains.

Is this something you're interested in allowing for viz? Though LINs aren't super widely used yet, I think they have neat potential for sourmash applications.

LIN concept example (ref https://doi.org/10.1093/nar/gkaa190):

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bluegenes avatar Mar 15 '23 18:03 bluegenes