R/qtl converters

Copyright (c) Danny Arends danny.arends@gmail.com

This repository holds several converters for the R/qtl R package. The converters are written in the R language for statistical computing. Before trying the converters make sure you have a recent version of R installed (R > 3.0.0) to execute the convertors.

Features

• PLINKconverter.R - Convert PLINK files (.ped and .map) to R/qtl csvr format

• GENOconverter.R - Convert GeneNetwork files (.geno) to R/qtl csvr format

Additional information

• R language - The language for statistical computing Website Source

• R/qtl - is an extensible, interactive environment for mapping quantitative trait loci (QTL) in experimental crosses Website Source

• GeneNetwork - Is a free scientific web resource used to study relationships between differences in genes, environmental factors, phenotypes, and disease risk Website Source

• PLINK - Whole genome data analysis toolset Website Source

Contributing

• Fork the repo and make a pull request!

Licence

The R/qtl converters are free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License, version 3, as published by the Free Software Foundation.

This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but without any warranty; without even the implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

A copy of the GNU General Public License, version 3, is available at: http://www.r-project.org/Licenses/GPL-3