downloadPopByChr: download hapmap resource with LD estimates

In ldblock: data structures for linkage disequilibrium measures in populations

Description

download hapmap resource with LD estimates

Usage

downloadPopByChr(
  chrname = "chr1",
  popname = "CEU",
 
    urlTemplate = "http://hapmap.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/downloads/ld_data/2009-02_phaseIII_r2/ld_%%CHRN%%_%%POPN%%.txt.gz",
  targfolder = Sys.getenv("LDBLOCK_TXTGZ_DIR")
)

Arguments

chrname	UCSC format tag for chromosome
popname	hapmap three letter code for population, e.g. 'CEU'
urlTemplate	pattern for creating URL given chr and pop
targfolder	destination

Details

delivers HapMap LD data to 'targfolder'

Value

just run for side effect of download.file

Examples

## Not run: 
 downloadPopByChr()
 
## End(Not run)

ldblock documentation built on Nov. 8, 2020, 5:33 p.m.