bd2tobd5: Convert a format 2 binary dosage file to Format 5

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Convert a format 2 binary dosage file to Format 5

Description

Reads a format 2 binary dosage file (subformat 1 or 2) and converts it to a Format 5 file pair. If the source file does not contain genotype probabilities (subformat 1), those values are stored as missing in the output.

Usage

bd2tobd5(bdfiles, bdose_file)

Arguments

bdfiles	Vector of three file names for the format 2 binary dosage file: the binary dosage file, the family file, and the map file.
bdose_file	Path for the output .bdose file. The companion .bdi metadata file is written to paste0(bdose_file, ".bdi").

Value

NULL (invisibly)

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