countSeqDiffs: Counting protein sequence differences

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Counting protein sequence differences

Description

countSeqDiffs counts the number of protein differences among two sequences of proteins within the same "ProteinSeq" object.

Usage

countSeqDiffs(x, taxon1, taxon2)

Arguments

x	A "ProteinSeq" object containing proteins from taxon1 and taxon2.
taxon1	A character giving the common name of the first species that will be compared. Must be a name present in x.
taxon2	A character giving the common name of the second species that will be compared. Must be a name present in x.

Value

A integer giving the number of protein differences between taxon1 and taxon2.

Author(s)

Matheus Januario, Dan Rabosky, Jennifer Auler

Examples

countSeqDiffs(cytOxidase, "human", "chimpanzee")

countSeqDiffs(cytOxidase, "human", "cnidaria")

countSeqDiffs(cytOxidase, "chimpanzee", "cnidaria")

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