Bioinformatics with Python Cookbook - Second Edition

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There are many reasons why you might want to create different datasets for analysis. You may want to perform some fast initial exploration of data; for example, if the analysis algorithm that you plan to use has some data format requirements or a constraint on the input, such as the number of markers or relationships among individuals. Chances are that you will have lots of subsets to analyze (unless your dataset is very small to start with, for instance, a microsatellite dataset).

This may seem like a minor point, but it's not: be very careful with file naming (note that I have followed some simple conventions while generating filenames). Make sure that the name of the file gives some information about subset options. When ...