SYNOPSIS

# Get a Bio::PopGen::IndividualI somehow
# test if it has alleles/genotypes for a given marker
if( $ind->has_marker($markername) ) {
}
# get the unique id
print $ind->unique_id, "\n";
# get the number of results (genotypes)
print $ind->num_results;

DESCRIPTION

Describe the interface here

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APPENDIX

The rest of the documentation details each of the object methods. Internal methods are usually preceded with a _

unique_id

 Title   : unique_id
 Usage   : my $id = $individual->unique_id
 Function: Unique Identifier
 Returns : string representing unique identifier
 Args    : string

num_genotypes

 Title   : num_genotypes
 Usage   : my $count = $person->num_results;
 Function: returns the count of the number of Results for a person
 Returns : integer
 Args    : none

annotation

 Title   : annotation
 Usage   : my $annotation_collection = $ind->annotation;
 Function: Get/set a Bio::AnnotationCollectionI for this individual
 Returns : Bio::AnnotationCollectionI object
 Args    : [optional set] Bio::AnnotationCollectionI object

get_Genotypes

 Title   : get_Genotypes
 Usage   : my @genotypes = $ind->get_Genotypes(-marker => $markername);
 Function: Get the genotypes for an individual, based on a criteria
 Returns : Array of genotypes
 Args    : either none (return all genotypes) or 
           -marker => name of marker to return (exact match, case matters)

has_Marker

 Title   : has_Marker
 Usage   : if( $ind->has_Marker($name) ) {}
 Function: Boolean test to see if an Individual has a genotype 
           for a specific marker
 Returns : Boolean (true or false)
 Args    : String representing a marker name

get_marker_names

 Title   : get_marker_names
 Usage   : my @names = $individual->get_marker_names;
 Function: Returns the list of known marker names
 Returns : List of strings
 Args    : none