ovrlpy.io.read_MERFISH
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.. py:function:: ovrlpy.io.read_MERFISH(filepath, z_scale = 1.5, *, remove_genes = MERFISH_CTRLS)

   Read a Vizgen transcripts file.

   :param filepath: Path to the Vizgen transcripts file.
   :type filepath: os.PathLike or str
   :param z_scale: Factor to scale z-plane index to um, i.e. distance between z-planes.
   :type z_scale: float
   :param remove_genes: List of regex patterns to filter the 'gene' column,
                        :py:attr:`ovrlpy.io.MERFISH_CTRLS` by default.
   :type remove_genes: collections.abc.Collection[str], optional

   :rtype: pandas.DataFrame