simPedHS: Half-sib pedigree construction

In nadiv: (Non)Additive Genetic Relatedness Matrices

Half-sib pedigree construction

Description

Simulates a pedigree for a half-sib mating design (sometimes also called the North Carolina Design 1).

Usage

simPedHS(s, d, n, uniqueDname = TRUE, prefix = NULL)

Arguments

s	Number of sires
d	Number of dams per sire
n	Number of offspring per mating (must be > or = 2)
uniqueDname	Logical indicating if dams should have unique names within sire families or throughout the entire pedigree
prefix	Optional prefix to add to every identity

Details

n must be greater than or equal to 2, because one male and one female offspring are produced from each mating

Some functions/calculations get bogged down if no two dams have the same ID in the entire pedigree (e.g., aov). However, other functions must have unique identifiers for every individual.

Value

A data.frame with columns corresponding to: id, dam, sire, and sex. Sex is "M" for males and "F" for females.

Author(s)

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See Also

simPedDFC

Examples

  simPedHS(s = 1, d = 3, n = 2)

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