'PLINK' (and 'GCTA') File Helpers

Reads/write binary genotype file compatible with 'PLINK' < https://www.cog-genomics.org/plink/1.9/input#bed> into/from a R matrix; traverse genotype data one windows of variants at a time, like apply() or a for loop; reads/writes genotype relatedness/kinship matrices created by 'PLINK' < https://www.cog-genomics.org/plink/1.9/distance#make_rel> or 'GCTA' < https://cnsgenomics.com/software/gcta/#MakingaGRM> into/from a R square matrix. It is best used for bringing data produced by 'PLINK' and 'GCTA' into R workflow.


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install.packages("plinkFile")

0.2.1 by Xiaoran Tong, 3 years ago


Browse source code at https://github.com/cran/plinkFile


Authors: Xiaoran Tong [aut, cre]


Documentation:   PDF Manual  


GPL (>= 2) license



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