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Solve the following problem using Python, implementing the functions described below, one line at a time
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Description:
 def count_called(self, axis=None):
 """Count called genotypes. Parameters axis : int, optional Axis over which to count, or None to perform overall count. """

        b = self.is_called()
        return np.sum(b, axis=axis)