artmsIsSpeciesSupported {artMS} | R Documentation

## Check if a species is supported and available

### Description

Given a species name, it checkes whether is supported, and if supported, check whether the annotation package is installed.

### Usage

    artmsIsSpeciesSupported(species, verbose = TRUE)

### Arguments

`species` | (char) The species name. Species currently supported as part of artMS: HUMAN MOUSE And the following species can be used as well, but the user needs to install the corresponding org.db package: ANOPHELES (`install.packages(org.Ag.eg.db)`) BOVINE (`install.packages(org.Bt.eg.db)`) WORM (`install.packages(org.Ce.eg.db)`) CANINE (`install.packages(org.Cf.eg.db)`) FLY (`install.packages(org.Dm.eg.db)`) ZEBRAFISH (`install.packages(org.Dr.eg.db)`) CHICKEN (`install.packages(org.Gg.eg.db)`) RHESUS (`install.packages(org.Mmu.eg.db)`) CHIMP (`install.packages(org.Pt.eg.db)`) RAT (`install.packages(org.Rn.eg.db)`) YEAST (`install.packages(org.Sc.sgd.db)`) PIG (`install.packages(org.Ss.eg.db)`) XENOPUS (`install.packages(org.Xl.eg.db)`)
`verbose` | (logical) `TRUE` (default) shows function messages

### Value

(string) Name of the package for the given species

### Examples

    # Should return TRUE
    artmsIsSpeciesSupported(species = "HUMAN")
    artmsIsSpeciesSupported(species = "CHIMP")

[Package artMS version 1.8.3 Index]