gen.findDistance: Minimum genetic distance between two individuals

In GENLIB: Genealogical Data Analysis

Minimum genetic distance between two individuals

Description

Returns the minimum distance (number of meioses) between the specified individuals through one specified ancestor.

Usage

gen.findDistance(gen, individuals, ancestor)

Arguments

gen	An object of class GLgen obtained with gen.genealogy, gen.lineages or gen.branching. Required.
individuals	A vector of individual id numbers between which to calculate the distance. Required.
ancestor	A common ancestor to the specified individuals. Required.

Value

returns a numeric value

See Also

gen.genealogy gen.founder gen.findMRCA gen.findFounders gen.find.Min.Distance.MRCA

Examples

data(geneaJi) 
genJi<-gen.genealogy(geneaJi) 
gen.findDistance(genJi, individuals=c(1,29), ancestor=17)
gen.findDistance(genJi, individuals=c(1,29), ancestor=26)

data(genea140) 
gen140<-gen.genealogy(genea140) 
gen.findDistance(gen140, individuals=c(409033,408728), ancestor=38714)
gen.findDistance(gen140, individuals=c(408728,408828), ancestor=95080)

GENLIB documentation built on May 29, 2024, 9:42 a.m.