def gene_tracking_to_fpkm(tracking_file, out_file):
    """
    take a gene-level tracking file from Cufflinks and output a two column
    table with the first column as IDs and the second column as FPKM for the
    sample. combines FPKM from the same genes into one FPKM value to fix
    this bug: http://seqanswers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=5224&page=2
    """
    if file_exists(out_file):
        return out_file
    df = pd.io.parsers.read_table(tracking_file, sep="\t", header=0)
    df = df[['tracking_id', 'FPKM']]
    df = df.groupby(['tracking_id']).sum()
    df.to_csv(out_file, sep="\t", header=False, index_label=False)
    return out_file