getGeneHistory

Path of the output file. If NULL a temp file will be used

destfile

If TRUE and destfile exists, it reads the file instead of 
downloading the latest one from NCBI

justRead

Downloads and reads the gene history file from NCBI website. This file is needed for
other functions

A wrapper for the homologene database by the National Center for
Biotechnology Information ('NCBI'). It allows searching for gene homologs across
species. Data in this package can be found at <ftp://ftp.ncbi.nih.gov/pub/HomoloGene/build68/>.
The package also includes an updated version of the homologene database where
gene identifiers and symbols are replaced with their latest (at the time of
submission) version and functions to fetch latest annotation data to keep updated.

getGeneHistory: Download gene history file

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Usage

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