malariagen_data.ag3.Ag3.aim_variants

Ag3.aim_variants(aims: str) → Dataset

Access ancestry informative marker variants.

Parameters

aimsstr

Identifier for a set of ancestry informative markers to use. For possible values see the aim_ids property.

Returns

Dataset

A dataset with 2 dimensions: variants the number of AIMs sites, and alleles which will always be 2, each representing one of the species. It contains 2 coordinates: variant_contig has variants values and contains the chromosome arm of each AIM, and variant_position has variants values and contains the position of each AIM. It contains 1 data variable: variant_allele has (variants, allele) values and contains the discriminating alleles for each AIM.