founderIDs: Extract a vector of founder individuals from a pedigree

In susjoh/simperSNP: Simulates SNP Datasets For Simple And Complex Pedigrees With Recombination.

Description

This function extracts a vector of founder IDs from a pedigree object. A founder is an individual that does not have parents within the pedigree.

Usage

founderIDs(pedigree, pedigree.type = "simple")

Arguments

pedigree.type	Defaults to "simple", can also accept "plink" which is equivalent for for first 5 to 6 columns of a PLINK .ped file.
ped	Pedigree object in "simple" format (Three columns for ANIMAL, MOTHER and FATHER) or in "plink" format (Five to Six columns for FAMILY, ANIMAL, FATHER, MOTHER, SEX and Phenotype, where the phenotype column is optional). The simple argument can recognise the order of parents if they are named sensibly. Run simple.ped.name.rules() for an example.

susjoh/simperSNP documentation built on May 30, 2019, 8:43 p.m.