NAME

Bio::Phylo::Taxa - An object-oriented module for managing taxa.

SYNOPSIS

 use Bio::Phylo::Taxa;
 use Bio::Phylo::Taxa::Taxon;
 
 my $taxa  = Bio::Phylo::Taxa->new;
 my $taxon = Bio::Phylo::Taxa::Taxon->new;
 
 $taxa->insert($taxon);

DESCRIPTION

The Bio::Phylo::Taxa object models a set of operational taxonomic units. The object subclasses the Bio::Phylo::Listable object, and so the filtering methods of that class are available.

METHODS

CONSTRUCTOR

new()

 Type    : Constructor
 Title   : new
 Usage   : my $taxa = new Bio::Phylo::Taxa;
 Function: Initializes a Bio::Phylo::Taxa object.
 Returns : A Bio::Phylo::Taxa object.
 Args    : none.

SEE ALSO

Bio::Phylo::Listable

The Bio::Phylo::Taxa object inherits from the Bio::Phylo::Listable object. Look there for more methods applicable to the taxa object.

Bio::Phylo::Manual

Also see the manual: Bio::Phylo::Manual.

FORUM

CPAN hosts a discussion forum for Bio::Phylo. If you have trouble using this module the discussion forum is a good place to start posting questions (NOT bug reports, see below): http://www.cpanforum.com/dist/Bio-Phylo

BUGS

Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-bio-phylo@rt.cpan.org, or through the web interface at http://rt.cpan.org/NoAuth/ReportBug.html?Queue=Bio-Phylo. I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes. Be sure to include the following in your request or comment, so that I know what version you're using:

$Id: Taxa.pm,v 1.20 2005/09/29 20:31:17 rvosa Exp $

AUTHOR

Rutger Vos,

email: rvosa@sfu.ca

web page: http://www.sfu.ca/~rvosa/

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

The author would like to thank Jason Stajich for many ideas borrowed from BioPerl http://www.bioperl.org, and CIPRES http://www.phylo.org and FAB* http://www.sfu.ca/~fabstar for comments and requests.

COPYRIGHT & LICENSE

Copyright 2005 Rutger Vos, All Rights Reserved. This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.