code: def convertSeqOntology(self, seqOntStr):
          
          return [
              self._ontology.getGaTermByName(soName)
              for soName in seqOntStr.split('&')]
docs: Splits a string of sequence ontology effects and creates
          an ontology term record for each, which are built into
          an array of return soTerms.
          :param seqOntStr:
          :return: [protocol.OntologyTerm]