getHomologs: List homologous genes between two species.

In grimbough/biomaRt: Interface to BioMart databases (i.e. Ensembl)

List homologous genes between two species.

Description

This function simplifies the querying of the Ensembl BioMart if you're trying to return the homologs for one or more gene IDs between two species.

Usage

getHomologs(ensembl_gene_ids, species_from, species_to)

Arguments

ensembl_gene_ids

Character vector. This contains the Ensembl Gene IDs that you want to find the homologs for.

species_from, species_to

Character vectors of length 1. These arguments specify the species the input IDs belong to (species_from) and the species you want to find the homologs in (species_to). These can be Ensembl genomes names e.g. "homo_sapiens" or "canis_lupus_familiaris" or common names e.g. "human" or "dog". The function will do it's best to parse common names, and will report and error if no match to an Ensembl genome can be made.

Author(s)

Mike Smith

grimbough/biomaRt documentation built on Aug. 7, 2024, 8:56 p.m.