Multiple sequence alignment. This is a Python wrapper for MAFFT.
The GUI is no longer distributed with this package. For the legacy executables, see below.
MAFFTpy is available on PyPI. You can install it through pip:
pip install itaxotools-mafftpy
Download and run the legacy executables without installing Python from the MAFFTpy release page.
No executables are currently provided for the command-line tool, which is only available after installation.
The package comes with a command-line tool:
mafftpy examples/brygoo.fas aligned.fas
mafftpy-fftns1 --adjustdirectionaccurately examples/brygoo.fas
The following limited features from MAFFT are available:
To use the Python API, import itaxotools.mafftpy.MultipleSequenceAlignment and use the start() method.
Building from source requires a C++ compiler (GCC, msvc)
In addition, pthread-win32 is required for Windows and is included as a git submodule.
Katoh, K., Misawa, K., Kuma, K., & Miyata, T. (2002). MAFFT: a novel method for rapid multiple sequence alignment based on fast Fourier transform. Nucleic Acids Research, 30(14), 3059-3066.
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A Python wrapper for MAFFT
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