11-tutorial.ipynb

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   "source": [
    "# Intermine-Python: Tutorial 11: Combining Lists"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
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   "source": [
    "This tutorial will talk about how you can combine two lists easily in Intermine. "
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "This tutorial will require you to login into your Intermine Account so that the lists that you will combine can be saved. "
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 1,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "from intermine.webservice import Service"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "Enter your username and password, uncomment the given line, execute it and then proceed with the rest of the tutorial. "
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 2,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "service = Service(\"https://www.flymine.org/flymine/service\",username=\"demo@intermine.org\",password=\"demo\")"
   ]
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   "cell_type": "markdown",
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   "source": [
    "We begin by declaring a list manager object which will help us in combining various lists together. "
   ]
  },
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   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 3,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "lm=service.list_manager()"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "Let's say that you want to combine all the most enriched genes in the adult Fly brain and in the adult Fly hindgut. These are present as two separate lists currently on Flymine. We begin by extracting both the lists first. "
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 4,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "l1=lm.get_list(name=\"PL FlyAtlas_brain_top\")"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 5,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "l2=lm.get_list(name=\"PL FlyAtlas_hindgut_top\")"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
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   "source": [
    "There are a couple of ways by which you combine the two lists, i.e. union of the two lists. The first method is shown below - using the addition operator automatically combines both the lists. "
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 6,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "l3=l1+l2"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 7,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "lm.delete_lists([\"combination-1\"])\n",
    "l3.set_name(\"combination-1\")"
   ]
  },
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   "execution_count": 8,
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      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'beat-VI',  length = 56607,  name = 'beaten path VI',  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG14064',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0039584',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '98D1-98D2')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'GluRIA',  length = 11028,  name = 'Glutamate receptor IA',  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG8442',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0004619',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '65C1-65C1')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'CG43740',  length = 14143,  name = None,  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG43740',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0263997',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '9B7-9B7')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'fred',  length = 88786,  name = 'friend of echinoid',  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG31774',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0051774',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '24C9-24D1')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'MFS3',  length = 4195,  name = 'Major Facilitator Superfamily Transporter 3',  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG4726',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0031307',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '21F1-21F1')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'SK',  length = 64903,  name = 'small conductance calcium-activated potassium channel',  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG10706',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0029761',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '4F5-4F9')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'CG7509',  length = 2198,  name = None,  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG7509',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0035575',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '64B17-64B17')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'Fer1',  length = 5767,  name = '48 related 1',  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG33323',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0037475',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '84C5-84C6')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'CG42269',  length = 5250,  name = None,  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG42269',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0259164',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '65A5-65A5')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'CG12912',  length = 29154,  name = None,  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG12912',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0033497',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '46F7-46F7')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'yellow-b',  length = 3948,  name = 'yellow-b',  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG17914',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0032601',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '36A14-36A14')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'comm3',  length = 34579,  name = 'comm3',  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG42334',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0259236',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '71E3-71E4')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'CG3604',  length = 631,  name = None,  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG3604',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0031562',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '24B3-24B3')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'Irk2',  length = 5829,  name = 'Inwardly rectifying potassium channel 2',  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG4370',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0039081',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '95A1-95A1')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'ine',  length = 9023,  name = 'inebriated',  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG15444',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0011603',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '24F4-24F4')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'mmd',  length = 26224,  name = 'mind-meld',  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG42252',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0259110',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '14A1-14A1')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'Dop1R1',  length = 49432,  name = 'Dopamine 1-like receptor 1',  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG9652',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0011582',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '88A10-88A12')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'Nha1',  length = 9485,  name = 'Na[+]/H[+] hydrogen antiporter 1',  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG10806',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0031865',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '27C1-27C1')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'GC',  length = 6123,  name = 'gamma-glutamyl carboxylase',  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG13927',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0035245',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '62A9-62A9')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'Nha2',  length = 17070,  name = 'Na[+]/H[+] hydrogen antiporter 2',  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG43442',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0263390',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '94D6-94D7')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'Dop1R2',  length = 29681,  name = 'Dopamine 1-like receptor 2',  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG18741',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0266137',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '99B5-99B6')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'Sh',  length = 138941,  name = 'Shaker',  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG12348',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0003380',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '16F3-16F5')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'CG15765',  length = 22265,  name = None,  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG15765',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0029814',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '5C2-5C3')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'Cyp49a1',  length = 9543,  name = 'Cyp49a1',  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG18377',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0033524',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '47A7-47A9')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'CG31371',  length = 2383,  name = None,  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG31371',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0051371',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '99F6-99F6')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'Dop2R',  length = 58027,  name = 'Dopamine 2-like receptor',  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG33517',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0053517',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '19A4-19A4')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'rad',  length = 90456,  name = 'radish',  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG44424',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0265597',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '11D8-11D8')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'nAChRalpha7',  length = 21373,  name = 'nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor alpha7',  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG32538',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0086778',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '18C2-18C3')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'byn',  length = 8227,  name = 'brachyenteron',  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG7260',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0011723',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '68E3-68E3')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'alrm',  length = 1717,  name = 'astrocytic leucine-rich repeat molecule',  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG11910',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0039332',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '96D2-96D3')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'CG44837',  length = 88228,  name = None,  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG44837',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0266100',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '68E3-68E3')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'CG15465',  length = 169106,  name = None,  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG15465',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0029746',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '4F2-4F2')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'NKCC',  length = 13198,  name = 'sodium potassium chloride cotransporter',  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG31547',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0051547',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '83A5-83A6')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'CG1545',  length = 2075,  name = None,  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG1545',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0030259',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '10A3-10A3')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'CG7365',  length = 3084,  name = None,  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG7365',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0036939',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '76F2-76F2')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'Pkg21D',  length = 4646,  name = 'Protein kinase, cGMP-dependent at 21D',  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG3324',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0000442',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '21E2-21E2')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'RYa-R',  length = 60956,  name = 'RYamide receptor',  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG5811',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0004842',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '97D14-97E1')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'hbn',  length = 6242,  name = 'homeobrain',  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG33152',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0008636',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '57B5-57B5')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'otp',  length = 19790,  name = 'orthopedia',  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG10036',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0015524',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '57B4-57B4')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'Crz',  length = 863,  name = 'Corazonin',  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG3302',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0013767',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '88B3-88B3')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'CG9993',  length = 1980,  name = None,  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG9993',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0034553',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '57B3-57B3')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'CG17999',  length = 1960,  name = None,  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG17999',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0034552',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '57B3-57B3')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'CG11353',  length = 6101,  name = None,  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG11353',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0035557',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '64B9-64B9')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'CG15236',  length = 10005,  name = None,  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG15236',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0033108',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '42D4-42D6')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'Cyp301a1',  length = 2877,  name = 'Cyp301a1',  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG8587',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0033753',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '49B4-49B5')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'CG13285',  length = 1792,  name = None,  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG13285',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0035611',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '64D3-64D3')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'natalisin',  length = 3273,  name = 'natalisin',  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG34388',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0085417',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '88C1-88C1')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'axo',  length = 57714,  name = 'axotactin',  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG43225',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0262870',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '64B12-64B13')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'CG7368',  length = 8173,  name = None,  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG7368',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0036179',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '68C14-68C15')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'CG17781',  length = 2206,  name = None,  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG17781',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0039196',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '95F15-95F15')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'CG32564',  length = 1448,  name = None,  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG32564',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0052564',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '15F3-15F3')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'CG30053',  length = 1144,  name = None,  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG30053',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0050053',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '49B12-49B12')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'CG13215',  length = 621,  name = None,  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG13215',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0033592',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '47E1-47E1')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'CG4409',  length = 1635,  name = None,  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG4409',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0034128',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '53C4-53C4')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'CG34109',  length = 31649,  name = None,  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG34109',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0083945',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = None)\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'CG6337',  length = 1522,  name = None,  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG6337',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0033873',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '50C6-50C6')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'AhcyL2',  length = 3720,  name = 'Adenosylhomocysteinase like 2',  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG8956',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0015011',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '89E5-89E5')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'nAChRalpha6',  length = 92934,  name = 'nicotinic Acetylcholine Receptor alpha6',  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG4128',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0032151',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '30D1-30E1')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'Dscam2',  length = 30733,  name = 'Down syndrome cell adhesion molecule 2',  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG42256',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0265296',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '65E6-65E6')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'unc79',  length = 15367,  name = 'uncoordinated 79',  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG5237',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0038693',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '91F12-91F12')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'CG14949',  length = 1241,  name = None,  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG14949',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0035358',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '62E8-62E8')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'CG15537',  length = 8423,  name = None,  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG15537',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0039770',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '99F4-99F4')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'Lgr1',  length = 7431,  name = 'Leucine-rich repeat-containing G protein-coupled receptor 1',  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG7665',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0016650',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '90C2-90C2')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'ChT',  length = 6136,  name = 'Choline transporter',  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG7708',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0038641',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '91C1-91C1')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'CG6867',  length = 4392,  name = None,  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG6867',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0030887',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '16F5-16F5')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'nkt',  length = 808,  name = 'noktochor',  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG14141',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0036146',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '68B1-68B1')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'CG1143',  length = 1825,  name = None,  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG1143',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0035359',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '62E8-62E8')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'CG12826',  length = 777,  name = None,  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG12826',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0033207',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '43E9-43E9')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'CG13616',  length = 874,  name = None,  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG13616',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0039200',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '96A1-96A1')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'CG14044',  length = 1564,  name = None,  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG14044',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0031650',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '25B4-25B4')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'CG9657',  length = 3549,  name = None,  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG9657',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0029950',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '7B2-7B2')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'CG18467',  length = 2187,  name = None,  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG18467',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0034218',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '54B14-54B15')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'Cpr62Ba',  length = 7655,  name = 'Cuticular protein 62Ba',  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG13934',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0035279',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '62B6-62B6')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'CG14115',  length = 1023,  name = None,  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG14115',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0036343',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '69F6-69F6')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'CG4459',  length = 2323,  name = None,  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CG4459',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0038753',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '92B8-92B8')\n",
      "Gene(score = None,  symbol = 'asRNA:Eig63F-2',  length = 1275,  name = 'antisense RNA:Ecdysone-induced gene 63F 2',  description = None,  scoreType = None,  secondaryIdentifier = 'CR32265',  primaryIdentifier = 'FBgn0004911',  briefDescription = None,  cytoLocation = '63F7-64A1')\n"
     ]
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "for r in l3:\n",
    "    print(r)"
   ]
  },
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   "source": [
    "The second way of combining two lists is to first declare a Python List object with the lists that you want to combine. I've called this temporary list \"y\". You can then use the union method present in list manager to take the set union and give a name to the list in one step. This has been shown below. "
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 9,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [],
   "source": [
    "y=[l1,l2]"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "code",
   "execution_count": 10,
   "metadata": {},
   "outputs": [
    {
     "data": {
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       "<intermine.lists.list.List at 0x7fb534535eb8>"
      ]
     },
     "execution_count": 10,
     "metadata": {},
     "output_type": "execute_result"
    }
   ],
   "source": [
    "lm.delete_lists([\"combination-2\"])\n",
    "lm.union(y,name=\"combination-2\")"
   ]
  },
  {
   "cell_type": "markdown",
   "metadata": {},
   "source": [
    "Similarly, if you want to find the intersection of two lists, you can use the intersect method that is present in the list manager class. Note that, you can combine lists and queries in the same way. "
   ]
  }
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