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+++ b/openomics/io/read_fasta.py
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+import dask.dataframe as dd
+from pyfaidx import Faidx
+
+
+def read_fasta(filepath, ) -> dd.DataFrame:
+    """
+    Take in a path of a .fasta file and use Faidx to index it, parse the index names, then build a lazy-loading
+    Dask DataFrame with keys on the index and sequence as one of the columns.
+
+    Args:
+        filepath ():
+    """
+    fa = Faidx(filepath)