Replaces the explicit `SiblingInfo` struct and 3-bit minorant flags with a derived 4-bit presence mask (`FamilyMask`) that tracks observed bases per family. This eliminates redundant file I/O overhead by introducing a `PartitionCache` for batch lookups, simplifies serialization, and updates all downstream builders, stats computation, and tests to operate on the new bitmask representation. Adjusts CLI output to report deduplicated family sizes instead of histograms, ignores generated CSV files, and updates documentation to reflect the fixed canonical reference and new theory.
Updates CLI parsing to accept negative integers for count filters, interpreting them as offsets from the group size (e.g., `-1` means all but one). A resolution closure enforces a floor of 1 to prevent unconstrained filtering on small groups. Additionally, refines evolutionary distance documentation to condition comparisons on local homology, replacing union-based Jaccard with a self-contained `SnpTally`. This unified approach streamlines SNP and shared count computation, incorporates paralogy and heterozygosity handling, and enables direct derivation of corrected distance matrices without external dependencies.
Introduces a design specification for inferring substitution rates directly from k-mers with conserved flanks. The document details a memory-efficient implementation that computes 4x4 base-pair tallies using existing MPHF structures, enabling classical corrections without de Bruijn graph materialization. Updates MkDocs navigation to include the new theory page.
Eric Coissac