getParents               package:GOSim               R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Returns the list of all direct parents ( = less specific terms one
     hiearchy level up) associated to each GO term. The type of
     relationship between GO terms ("is a" or "part of") is ignored.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     getParents()

_V_a_l_u_e:

     List with entry names for each GO term. Each entry contains a
     character vector with the direct parent GO terms.

_N_o_t_e:

     The result is computed within the currently set ontology
     ("BP","MF","CC"). It directly uses the "GO" library to compute the
     result.

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

     Holger Froehlich

_S_e_e _A_l_s_o:

     'getOffsprings', 'getChildren', 'getAncestors', 'setOntology'

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

      ## Not run: getParents()

