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[FEATURE] adapt mygene to also extract pathway annotations

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Description

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe

For some functionalities (eg. enrichment analysis), genes need to be annotated.
However, the currently implemented mygene script can only extract go annotations.

Describe the solution you'd like

The original mygene api itself can extract many different annotation types given the gene ids.
We want to make it available through the mygene nf-core module script.
For example, kegg pathways should be able to be extracted, when specified by the user using certain flags.

Describe alternatives you've considered

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Research direction

Start by locating the existing mygene nf-core module script and review how it currently extracts GO annotations. Then consult the original mygene API for supported annotation types and determine how user-specified flags should expose them, including KEGG pathways. Done means the module can return the requested annotation types through those flags.

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Assessment

Domain
bioinformatics
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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