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gl2plink

Converts a genlight object to PLINK file format


Description

This function exports a genlight object into PLINK format and save it into a file

Usage

gl2plink(x, outfile = "plink.csv", outpath = tempdir(), verbose = NULL)

Arguments

x

– name of the genlight object containing the SNP data [required]

outfile

– file name of the output file (including extension) [default plink.csv]

outpath

– path where to save the output file [default tempdir(), mandated by CRAN]. Use outpath=getwd() when calling this function or set.tempdir <- getwd() elsewhere in your script to direct output files to your working directory.

verbose

– verbosity: 0, silent or fatal errors; 1, begin and end; 2, progress log ; 3, progress and results summary; 5, full report [default 2 or as specified using gl.set.verbosity]

Author(s)

References

Purcell S, Neale B, Todd-Brown K, Thomas L, Ferreira MAR, Bender D, Maller J, Sklar P, de Bakker PIW, Daly MJ & Sham PC (2007). PLINK: a toolset for whole-genome association and population-based linkage analysis. American Journal of Human Genetics 81:551-575.

Examples

gl2plink(testset.gl)

dartR

Importing and Analysing SNP and Silicodart Data Generated by Genome-Wide Restriction Fragment Analysis

v1.9.6
GPL-2
Authors
Bernd Gruber [aut, cre], Arthur Georges [aut], Jose L. Mijangos [aut], Peter J. Unmack [ctb], Oliver Berry [ctb], Lindsay V. Clark [ctb], Floriaan Devloo-Delva [ctb]
Initial release
2021-04-29

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