skbio.sequence.GrammaredSequence.degenerates#

GrammaredSequence.degenerates()[source]#

Find positions containing degenerate characters in the sequence.

Returns:

1D np.ndarray (bool): Boolean vector where True indicates a degenerate character is present at that position in the biological sequence.

See also

Examples

>>> from skbio import DNA
>>> s = DNA('ACWGN')
>>> s.degenerates()
array([False, False,  True, False,  True], dtype=bool)