This is a internal function. This function calls the biomaRt database to retrieve the gene symbols and lengths.
callbiomaRt(data.df, libraryType, ensembl)
| data.df | dataframe that contains the probe ids that will be checked |
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| libraryType | the gene identifier of the data based off the biomaRt database |
| ensembl | BiomaRt mart based on the given species |
returns the data.df with two new columns, length and symbol