BIGr: Breeding Insight Genomics Functions for Polyploid and Diploid Species

Functions developed within Breeding Insight to analyze diploid and polyploid breeding and genetic data. 'BIGr' provides the ability to filter variant call format (VCF) files, extract single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) from diversity arrays technology missing allele discovery count (DArT MADC) files, and manipulate genotype data for both diploid and polyploid species. It also serves as the core dependency for the 'BIGapp' 'Shiny' app, which provides a user-friendly interface for performing routine genotype analysis tasks such as dosage calling, filtering, principal component analysis (PCA), genome-wide association studies (GWAS), and genomic prediction. For more details about the included 'breedTools' functions, see Funkhouser et al. (2017) <doi:10.2527/tas2016.0003>, and the 'updog' output format, see Gerard et al. (2018) <doi:10.1534/genetics.118.301468>.

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Package details

AuthorAlexander M. Sandercock [cre, aut], Cristiane Taniguti [aut], Josue Chinchilla-Vargas [aut], Shufen Chen [ctb], Manoj Sapkota [ctb], Meng Lin [ctb], Dongyan Zhao [ctb], Cornell University [cph] (Breeding Insight)
MaintainerAlexander M. Sandercock <sandercock.alex@gmail.com>
LicenseApache License (>= 2)
Version0.6.2
URL https://github.com/Breeding-Insight/BIGr
Package repositoryView on CRAN
Installation Install the latest version of this package by entering the following in R:
install.packages("BIGr")

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BIGr documentation built on Nov. 5, 2025, 6:03 p.m.