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SynExtend

Bioc current

Tools for Comparative Genomics

v1.24.0 · software · GPL-3

Release Lineage

Entered 3.11 · Apr 28, 2020

Current · Requires R 4.6

1.0 In 13 of 49 releases 3.23

Description

A multitude of tools for comparative genomics, focused on large-scale analyses of biological data. SynExtend includes tools for working with syntenic data, clustering massive network structures, and estimating functional relationships among genes.

Test coverage

Line coverage

Expression

Tests / Examples

Functions

414 43 exported

Complexity

11.5 avg / 106 max

Call network

414 nodes / 607 edges

Test coverage is not measured for Bioconductor packages; nodes fall back to a neutral fill.

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Lowest coverage

Per-function coverage is not measured for this package yet.

Code

Structure

Lines of code

30,118

Files

175

Compiled share

25.3%

Has compiled src

Yes

Language breakdown

R 17,411 (57.8%)C/C++/src 7,619 (25.3%)Tests 210 (0.7%)Docs 4,721 (15.7%)Vignettes 157 (0.5%)

API

Exported functions

44

Internal functions

133

Recent export changes

v3.21+10 CompetePairs, AAHitScoping, ApproximateBackground +7 more
v3.20+2 MoranI, RandForest  −1 MoransI

Testing & CI

Has tests

Yes

Test-to-code ratio

0.01

testthat edition

CI present

Yes

CI type

["github-actions"]

PR gated

Yes

Docs

Roxygen coverage

97.7%

Health & Security signals

Informational signals; not verdicts.

on.exit coverage

0%

Unsafe pattern score

0

Dep constraint coverage

8.3%

Secret pattern count

0

Bundled 3rd-party code

2 items

Portability & License

Min R version

4.5.0

System requirements

C++ standard

License

GPL-3

License flags

SPDX valid, OSI approved

History

Versions

13

First release

2020-04-27

Latest release

2026-04-28

Avg cadence

182 days

Cold removal rate

100%

Dep drift

6

LOC over versions

v3.11: 2,448 LOCv3.12: 2,336 LOCv3.13: 4,289 LOCv3.14: 5,551 LOCv3.15: 9,759 LOCv3.16: 13,694 LOCv3.17: 16,824 LOCv3.18: 17,935 LOCv3.19: 22,601 LOCv3.20: 26,517 LOCv3.21: 29,907 LOCv3.22: 30,118 LOCv3.23: 30,118 LOC

Per-file churn detail lives in the source pipeline: https://github.com/r-observatory/bioc-code-metrics.

Documentation

Documentation
READMEYes · 665 wordsVignettesYes · dynamicpkgdown siteNoNEWSYes · 100% structuredCode of conductNoContributing guideNo
Examples that run
98%
Documented parameters
98%
Return-value docs
100%
References docs
24%

Topics

People

Cite

Cite this package

Run in R for the authors' preferred citation:

citation("SynExtend")
Cooley, N., Fernando, A., Lakshman, A., & Wright, E. (2026). SynExtend: Tools for Comparative Genomics (Version 1.24.0) [Computer software]. https://bioconductor.org/packages/SynExtend

This is what citation() produces when a package has no citation file of its own. If it prints something else, use that.

Cite the R Observatory

For a number measured here: a download total, a coverage figure, an archival date.

APA

Balamuta, J. J. (2026). R Observatory: Metrics for SynExtend version 1.24.0 [Data set]. HJJB, LLC. Data release v2026-08-22. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.21843040

From data release v2026-08-22, which the citation names so these numbers can be found later. More on citing and the projects behind them.

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