which_trans_table {coil}

Determine the translation table to use for a given taxonomic group.

Description

Recommends which translation table to use if taxonomic data are available. The recommendations are based on the translation tables reported for different taxonomic classifications on the Barcode of Life Data Systems (BOLD - http://www.boldsystems.org/index.php).

Usage

which_trans_table(x)

Arguments

x

A taxonomic designation (allowed ranks: family, order, class, phylum).

Details

If which_trans_table is unable to identify a translation table, more information on translation tables can be found here: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/Taxonomy/Utils/wprintgc.cgi

Value

An integer indicating the correct translation table.

Examples

which_trans_table("Chordata") #phylum
which_trans_table("Actinopterygii") #class
which_trans_table("Akentrogonida")  #order
which_trans_table("Hydrobiidae") #family