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obitools4/pkg/obiprimer/pairs_eval.go
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Eric Coissac 57c2517b24 Implement advanced primer search filtering and reference handling
This update introduces new configuration options for pair selection, including multi-match filtering, circularity settings, and reference site validation. It also enhances the search functionality to correctly identify and track repeated sequences and reference locations, improving the accuracy of primer pair identification.
2026-11-03 22:43:50 +11:00

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package obiprimer
import (
"cmp"
"fmt"
"math"
"slices"
"sync"
"git.metabarcoding.org/obitools/obitools4/obitools4/pkg/obidefault"
"git.metabarcoding.org/obitools/obitools4/obitools4/pkg/obithermo"
)
// PairStats describes one primer pair and its quality indices. Primers are
// written 5'->3' and ordered so that Primer1 < Primer2 (as in ecoPrimers).
type PairStats struct {
Primer1, Primer2 string
Good1, Good2 bool // primer conserved in the examples and rare in the counterexamples
Examples int // example sequences amplified
CounterExamples int
Yule float32 // Examples/|E| - CounterExamples/|C|
ExampleTaxa int // taxa amplified among the examples
CounterTaxa int // taxa amplified among the counterexamples
Bc float32 // coverage: ExampleTaxa over all the example taxa
Identified int // example taxa with an amplicon no other taxon shares
Bs float32 // specificity: Identified over ExampleTaxa
MinLen, MaxLen int
MeanLen float64
Tm1, Tm2 float64 // melting temperature of the primers against their perfect target
MinTm1, MinTm2 float64 // lowest melting temperature over the example amplicons
GC1, GC2 int
// With a reference sequence (-R): where the pair amplifies it. RefLocation
// is the GenBank location of the two primer sites (1-based, left to right),
// wrapped in complement() when Primer1 binds the other strand; RefAmplicon
// is the amplified region, primers excluded, read from Primer1 to Primer2.
// Both are empty when the pair does not amplify the reference.
RefLocation string
RefAmplicon string
}
// Score is the ranking criterion of ecoPrimers.
func (p PairStats) Score() float32 { return p.Yule * p.Bs }
// PairInfo summarizes the pair search, for reporting.
type PairInfo struct {
Primers int // conserved words kept as candidate primers
GoodPrimers int // of which good ones
CandidatePairs int // pairs delimiting an amplicon in at least one sequence
RetainedPairs int // pairs passing the sensitivity and false positive quorums, before the Bs filter
}
// ampRecord is an amplicon of a retained pair, in one sequence.
type ampRecord struct {
pair int32
seq int32
hash uint64
tm1, tm2 float32 // NaN when unavailable
}
// refHit is an amplicon of a retained pair on the reference sequence.
type refHit struct {
up, down seqMatch
swapped bool
}
// ampHash hashes the amplicon between the two primers read from the side of
// the first primer of the pair (reverse complemented when the upstream match is
// the second primer), so that identical amplicons give the same value
// whatever their strand. Non ACGT bases hash as a fifth symbol.
func ampHash(raw []byte, from, to int, reverse bool) uint64 {
const prime = 1099511628211
h := uint64(14695981039346656037) ^ uint64(to-from)
h *= prime
if !reverse {
for _, b := range raw[from:to] {
h = (h ^ uint64(baseCode[b])) * prime
}
return h
}
for i := to - 1; i >= from; i-- {
c := baseCode[raw[i]]
if c < 4 {
c = 3 - c
}
h = (h ^ uint64(c)) * prime
}
return h
}
// FindPairs searches the primer pairs from the approximate occurrences of the
// strict words (see MatchApat) and evaluates them.
//
// A pair is a pair of conserved primers, at least one of them good, that
// delimit an amplicon of the allowed length. It is retained when it amplifies
// more than Sensitivity of the examples and less than FalsePositive of the
// counterexamples, and its specificity Bs reaches MinSpecificity. The result
// is sorted by decreasing Yule*Bs.
//
// model computes the melting temperatures; nil leaves them NaN.
func FindPairs(c *Corpus, taxa *Taxa, wm []WordMatches, p PairParams, model *obithermo.Model) ([]PairStats, PairInfo, error) {
var info PairInfo
if err := p.validate(); err != nil {
return nil, info, err
}
if taxa == nil || len(taxa.Of) != len(c.Seqs) {
return nil, info, fmt.Errorf("obiprimer: taxa do not match the corpus")
}
ps := selectPrimers(c, wm, p)
info.Primers = len(ps.primers)
for _, pr := range ps.primers {
if pr.Good {
info.GoodPrimers++
}
}
if len(ps.primers) == 0 {
return nil, info, nil
}
// Phase 1: which pairs amplify enough examples and few enough counterexamples.
counts := c.Counts()
acc := ps.countPairs(c, p)
info.CandidatePairs = len(acc)
sens, fpq := float32(p.Sensitivity), float32(p.FalsePositive)
var kept []pairKey
for k, a := range acc {
q := float32(a.examples) / float32(counts.Examples)
qfp := float32(0)
if counts.CounterExamples > 0 {
qfp = float32(a.counters) / float32(counts.CounterExamples)
}
if q > sens && qfp < fpq {
kept = append(kept, k)
}
}
info.RetainedPairs = len(kept)
slices.SortFunc(kept, func(a, b pairKey) int {
return cmp.Or(cmp.Compare(a.p1, b.p1), cmp.Compare(a.p2, b.p2),
boolCmp(a.a1, b.a1), boolCmp(a.a2, b.a2))
})
index := make(map[pairKey]int32, len(kept))
for i, k := range kept {
index[k] = int32(i)
}
// Phase 2: the amplicons of the retained pairs only.
records, refs := ps.collectAmplicons(c, p, index, model)
byPair := make([][]ampRecord, len(kept))
for _, r := range records {
byPair[r.pair] = append(byPair[r.pair], r)
}
var out []PairStats
for i, k := range kept {
st, ok := ps.evaluate(c, taxa, p, k, acc[k], byPair[i], model)
if ok {
if h, found := refs[int32(i)]; found {
// evaluate orders the primers by string; the amplicon is read from the first one
s1 := orientedWord(ps.primers[k.p1].Word, p.PrimerLength, k.a1)
s2 := orientedWord(ps.primers[k.p2].Word, p.PrimerLength, k.a2)
st.RefLocation, st.RefAmplicon = referenceSites(c.Seqs[p.Reference].Sequence(), h, p, s2 < s1)
}
out = append(out, st)
}
}
slices.SortFunc(out, func(a, b PairStats) int {
return cmp.Or(-cmp.Compare(a.Score(), b.Score()), cmp.Compare(a.Primer1, b.Primer1), cmp.Compare(a.Primer2, b.Primer2))
})
return out, info, nil
}
func boolCmp(a, b bool) int {
switch {
case a == b:
return 0
case !a:
return -1
}
return 1
}
// collectAmplicons gathers, in parallel, one record per amplicon of a retained pair.
func (ps *primerSet) collectAmplicons(c *Corpus, p PairParams, index map[pairKey]int32, model *obithermo.Model) ([]ampRecord, map[int32]refHit) {
lp := p.PrimerLength
workers := obidefault.ParallelWorkers()
parts := make([][]ampRecord, workers)
// oriented[primer][0] is the reverse complement of the word, [1] the word itself.
oriented := make([][2][]byte, len(ps.primers))
for i, pr := range ps.primers {
oriented[i][0] = []byte(orientedWord(pr.Word, lp, false))
oriented[i][1] = []byte(orientedWord(pr.Word, lp, true))
}
nan := float32(math.NaN())
// The reference sequence is handled by a single worker, which is the only
// writer of refs; the first (leftmost) amplicon of each pair is kept.
refs := map[int32]refHit{}
jobs := make(chan int)
var wg sync.WaitGroup
for w := range workers {
wg.Add(1)
go func() {
defer wg.Done()
var site1, site2 [32]byte
for s := range jobs {
raw := c.Seqs[s].Sequence()
n := len(raw)
isExample := c.Roles[s] == Example
ps.forEachOccurrence(c, s, p, func(o occurrence) {
pi, ok := index[o.key]
if !ok {
return
}
if p.HasReference && s == p.Reference {
if old, seen := refs[pi]; !seen || o.up.pos < old.up.pos {
refs[pi] = refHit{o.up, o.down, o.swapped}
}
}
rec := ampRecord{pair: pi, seq: int32(s), tm1: nan, tm2: nan}
if isExample {
rec.hash = ampHash(raw, int(o.up.pos)+lp, int(o.down.pos), o.swapped)
if model != nil {
fp := oriented[o.up.primer][b2i(!o.up.reverse)]
rp := oriented[o.down.primer][b2i(o.down.reverse)]
fsite, rsite := site1[:lp], site2[:lp]
okF := windowAsIs(fsite, raw, int(o.up.pos), n, p.Circular)
okR := windowRevComp(rsite, raw, int(o.down.pos), n, p.Circular)
tmF, tmR := nan, nan
if okF {
if t, err := model.Tm(fp, fsite); err == nil {
tmF = float32(t)
}
}
if okR {
if t, err := model.Tm(rp, rsite); err == nil {
tmR = float32(t)
}
}
if o.swapped {
rec.tm1, rec.tm2 = tmR, tmF
} else {
rec.tm1, rec.tm2 = tmF, tmR
}
}
}
parts[w] = append(parts[w], rec)
})
}
}()
}
for s := range c.Seqs {
jobs <- s
}
close(jobs)
wg.Wait()
var all []ampRecord
for _, part := range parts {
all = append(all, part...)
}
return all, refs
}
func b2i(b bool) int {
if b {
return 1
}
return 0
}
const upper = "ACGT"
// windowAsIs copies the len(dst) bases at pos as upper-case ACGT; it reports
// false if one of them is not A, C, G or T.
func windowAsIs(dst, raw []byte, pos, n int, circular bool) bool {
for t := range dst {
i := pos + t
if circular {
i %= n
}
c := baseCode[raw[i]]
if c > 3 {
return false
}
dst[t] = upper[c]
}
return true
}
// windowRevComp writes the reverse complement of the len(dst) bases at pos.
func windowRevComp(dst, raw []byte, pos, n int, circular bool) bool {
l := len(dst)
for t := range dst {
i := pos + l - 1 - t
if circular {
i %= n
}
c := baseCode[raw[i]]
if c > 3 {
return false
}
dst[t] = upper[3-c]
}
return true
}
// evaluate computes the indices of one retained pair. It reports false when the
// pair must be dropped (no taxon amplified, or specificity under the threshold).
func (ps *primerSet) evaluate(c *Corpus, taxa *Taxa, p PairParams, k pairKey, a *pairAcc,
recs []ampRecord, model *obithermo.Model) (PairStats, bool) {
exTaxa := map[int32]struct{}{}
coTaxa := map[int32]struct{}{}
ampTaxon := map[uint64]int32{} // amplicon -> its taxon, or -2 when shared
for _, r := range recs {
t := taxa.Of[r.seq]
if t < 0 {
continue
}
if c.Roles[r.seq] != Example {
coTaxa[t] = struct{}{}
continue
}
exTaxa[t] = struct{}{}
if prev, seen := ampTaxon[r.hash]; !seen {
ampTaxon[r.hash] = t
} else if prev != t {
ampTaxon[r.hash] = -2
}
}
if len(exTaxa) == 0 {
return PairStats{}, false
}
identified := map[int32]struct{}{}
for _, t := range ampTaxon {
if t >= 0 {
identified[t] = struct{}{}
}
}
counts := c.Counts()
st := PairStats{
Examples: int(a.examples),
CounterExamples: int(a.counters),
ExampleTaxa: len(exTaxa),
CounterTaxa: len(coTaxa),
Identified: len(identified),
MinLen: int(a.minLen),
MaxLen: int(a.maxLen),
MeanLen: float64(a.sumLen) / float64(a.amplicons),
}
q := float32(a.examples) / float32(counts.Examples)
qfp := float32(0)
if counts.CounterExamples > 0 {
qfp = float32(a.counters) / float32(counts.CounterExamples)
}
st.Yule = q - qfp
st.Bc = float32(st.ExampleTaxa) / float32(taxa.ExampleTaxa)
st.Bs = float32(st.Identified) / float32(st.ExampleTaxa)
if st.Bs < float32(p.MinSpecificity) {
return PairStats{}, false
}
lp := p.PrimerLength
st.Primer1 = orientedWord(ps.primers[k.p1].Word, lp, k.a1)
st.Primer2 = orientedWord(ps.primers[k.p2].Word, lp, k.a2)
st.Good1, st.Good2 = ps.primers[k.p1].Good, ps.primers[k.p2].Good
st.GC1, st.GC2 = obithermo.GCCount([]byte(st.Primer1)), obithermo.GCCount([]byte(st.Primer2))
st.Tm1, st.Tm2, st.MinTm1, st.MinTm2 = math.NaN(), math.NaN(), math.NaN(), math.NaN()
if model != nil {
st.Tm1, _ = model.SelfTm([]byte(st.Primer1))
st.Tm2, _ = model.SelfTm([]byte(st.Primer2))
m1, m2 := float32(math.Inf(1)), float32(math.Inf(1))
for _, r := range recs {
if c.Roles[r.seq] != Example {
continue
}
if r.tm1 == r.tm1 { // not NaN
m1 = min(m1, r.tm1)
}
if r.tm2 == r.tm2 {
m2 = min(m2, r.tm2)
}
}
if !math.IsInf(float64(m1), 1) {
st.MinTm1 = float64(m1)
}
if !math.IsInf(float64(m2), 1) {
st.MinTm2 = float64(m2)
}
}
if st.Primer2 < st.Primer1 {
st.Primer1, st.Primer2 = st.Primer2, st.Primer1
st.Good1, st.Good2 = st.Good2, st.Good1
st.GC1, st.GC2 = st.GC2, st.GC1
st.Tm1, st.Tm2 = st.Tm2, st.Tm1
st.MinTm1, st.MinTm2 = st.MinTm2, st.MinTm1
}
return st, true
}