Editing Biopython (section)

{{short description|Collection of open-source Python software tools for computational biology}}
{{Infobox software
| name = Biopython
| logo = Biopython logo.png
| author = Chapman B, Chang J<ref name="Chapman2000"/>
| released = {{Start date and age|2002|12|17}}
| latest release version = {{wikidata|property|reference|edit|P348}}
| latest release date = <!-- {{Start date and age|{{wikidata|qualifier|P348|P577}}}} -->
| programming language = [[Python (programming language)|Python]], [[C (programming language)|C]]
| platform = [[Cross platform]]
| genre = [[Bioinformatics]]
| license = [http://www.biopython.org/DIST/LICENSE Biopython License]
| website = {{Official URL}}
| repo = {{wikidata|property|reference|edit|P1324}}
}}

'''Biopython''' is an [[Open-source software|open-source]] collection of non-commercial [[Python (programming language)|Python]] tools for [[computational biology]] and [[bioinformatics]].<ref name="Chapman2000">{{Cite journal |last1=Chapman |first1=Brad |last2=Chang |first2=Jeff |title=Biopython: Python tools for computational biology |journal=ACM SIGBIO Newsletter |date=August 2000 |volume=20 |issue=2 |pages=15–19 |doi=10.1145/360262.360268 |s2cid=9417766 |doi-access=free }}</ref><ref name="Cock2009">{{cite journal |last1=Cock |first1=Peter JA |last2=Antao |first2=Tiago |last3=Chang |first3=Jeffery T |last4=Chapman |first4=Brad A |last5=Cox |first5=Cymon J |last6=Dalke |first6=Andrew |last7=Friedberg |first7=Iddo |last8=Hamelryck |first8=Thomas |last9=Kauff |first9=Frank |last10=Wilczynski |first10=Bartek |last11=de Hoon |first11=Michiel JL  |title = Biopython: freely available Python tools for computational molecular biology and bioinformatics |url= | journal = Bioinformatics| volume = 25| issue = 11| pages = 1422–3|date=20 March 2009| pmid = 19304878| pmc = 2682512| doi = 10.1093/bioinformatics/btp163}}</ref><ref name="lists">Refer to the Biopython website for other [http://biopython.org/wiki/Documentation#Papers papers describing Biopython], and a list of over one hundred [http://biopython.org/wiki/Publications publications using/citing Biopython].</ref> It contains classes to represent [[biological sequence]]s and [[Bioinformatics#Genome annotation|sequence annotations]], and it is able to read and write to a variety of file formats. It also allows for a programmatic means of accessing online [[Biological database|databases of biological information]], such as those at [[National Center for Biotechnology Information|NCBI]]. Separate modules extend Biopython's capabilities to [[sequence alignment]], [[protein structure]], [[population genetics]], [[phylogenetics]], [[sequence motif]]s, and [[machine learning]]. Biopython is one of a number of Bio* projects designed to reduce [[Duplicate code|code duplication]] in [[computational biology]].<ref name="Mangalam2002">{{cite journal| last=Mangalam | first=Harry |title=The Bio* toolkits—a brief overview | journal=Briefings in Bioinformatics |date=September 2002 | volume= 3 | issue= 3 | pages= 296–302 | pmid=12230038 | doi=10.1093/bib/3.3.296| doi-access=free }}</ref>