MasterBayes: Maximum Likelihood and Markov Chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) Methods for Pedigree Reconstruction and Analysis

The primary aim of 'MasterBayes' is to use Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) techniques to integrate over uncertainty in pedigree configurations estimated from molecular markers and phenotypic data (Hadfield et al. (2006) <doi:10.1111/j.1365-294X.2006.03050.x>). Emphasis is put on the marginal distribution of parameters that relate the phenotypic data to the pedigree. All simulation is done in compiled 'C++' for efficiency.

Package details

AuthorJarrod Hadfield [aut, cre], Andrew D. Martin [ctb, cph] (Original author of modified C++ Scythe code), Kevin M. Quinn [ctb, cph] (Original author of modified C++ Scythe code), Daniel Pemstein [ctb, cph] (Original author of modified C++ Scythe code)
MaintainerJarrod Hadfield <j.hadfield@ed.ac.uk>
LicenseGPL (>= 2)
Version2.59
Package repositoryView on CRAN
Installation Install the latest version of this package by entering the following in R:
install.packages("MasterBayes")

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