exportPlink: export a Plink PED file and optionally a (not very useful...

exportPlinkR Documentation

Description

Only biallelic markers are used, exports as two column per call. This format can be used as the input for "Admixture".

Usage

exportPlink(
  x,
  filename,
  pops = NULL,
  loci = NULL,
  FID = "Ind",
  IID = "Ind",
  pa = NULL,
  ma = NULL,
  sex = NULL,
  pheno = NULL,
  map = NULL
)

Arguments

x

an EFGLdata object

filename

the name of the file to write

pops

a vector of pops to include. If not specified, all pops are used.

loci

a vector of loci to use. If not specified, all loci are used.

FID

Metadata column name to use as the family ID

IID

Metadata column name to use as the within-family ID

pa

Metadata column name to use as the within-family ID of the father. If NULL, all are listed as unknown (0).

ma

Metadata column name to use as the within-family ID of the mother. If NULL, all are listed as unknown (0).

sex

Metadata column to use as the sex. This should be coded as "M" for male, "F" for female, and any other values are treated as Unknown. If NULL, all are listed as unknown (0).

pheno

Metadata column to use as the phenotype. This should be coded as "1" for control, "2" for case, and "-9" or "0" for Unknown. If NULL, all are listed as unknown (0).

map

filename to write a MAP file. If NULL, no MAP file is written. This just writes a dummy MAP file with the loci names in order and all given the same chromosome code and positions of "0". If you need a valid MAP file, you will need to edit this.

Value

nothing, just writes a file


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