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BIOPYTHON INTRODUCTION

INTRODUCTION

Set of libraries – provide ability to deal-biologists .
Make biologists job easier- supplying reusable libraries- answering specific question of interest- instead of parsing particular file format.
Provides multiple ways-representing same thing.

ABOUT
The Biopython Project-international association of developers-freely available Python (http://www.python.org) tools for computational molecular biology.
Biopython established 1999-web site -http://www.biopython.org -online resource for modules, scripts, and web links for developers of Python-based software for life science research.
aimed to program in python-make it as easy as possible-use for bioinformatics by creating high quality, reusable modules and scripts.

ADVANTAGES
Flexible to use
No reading or writing of file formats
Automation
Easy way for parsing

DISADVANTAGES
Data distributed in multiple locations
Version compatibility
Large sequences retrieval are tough/not responding
Changes over time to time.