v2.1.9

What's New in This Release

1. New VFBTerm and VFBTerms Objects:

   • Introduced vfb.term (a VFBTerm object) and vfb.terms (a list of VFBTerm objects), enabling lazy loading of data.
   • Full integration with image loading and display via Navis tools:
     • Display 3D plots: terms.plot3d()
     • Show thumbnails: term.show()
     • Open on Virtual Fly Brain (VFB) website: terms.open(), term.open()
     • Get a summary as a Pandas DataFrame: terms.get_summaries(), term.summary

2. Enhanced Data Features:

   • Added subtypes and subparts, along with combined children parameters.
   • Introduced morphological similarity scores and potential driver results.
   • Added downstream_partners and upstream_partners attributes to VFBTerm.

3. New Plotting and Visualization Options:

   • Draft functionality for plotting by type or connectivity.
   • Added include_template option for plots.
   • Merged thumbnail view available via VFBTerms.show().

4. Logical Operations and Comparisons:

   • Added a full set of logical operations and comparison methods.

5. New Query Capabilities:

   • scRNAseq queries.
   • transgene expression
   • lineage clone
   • lineage ref

6. Minor Enhancements and Bug Fixes:

   • Direct cross-references (xrefs) can now be used to create term(s).
   • Various minor fixes and improvements.
   • More updates and enhancements to the documentation.

Full Changelog: v2.0.2...v2.1.9