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qtl (version 0.97-22)

Tools for analyzing QTL experiments

Description

Analysis of experimental crosses to identify genes (called quantitative trait loci, QTLs) contributing to variation in quantitative traits.

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install.packages('qtl')

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0.97-22

License

GPL version 2 or later

Maintainer

Karl W Broman Saunak Sen ssenjaxorg

Last Published

December 8th, 2025

Functions in qtl (0.97-22)

drop.nullmarkers

Drop markers without any genotype data
makeqtl

Make a qtl object
A starting point

Introductory comments
argmax.geno

Reconstruct underlying genotypes
effectscan

Plot allelic effect across the whole genome
effectplot

Plot phenotype means against genotypes at one or two markers.
drop.markers

Drop a set of markers
summary.ripple

Print summary of ripple results
pull.map

Pull out the genetic map from a cross
sim.map

Simulate a genetic map
scanqtl

General QTL scan
summary.cross

Print summary of QTL experiment
plot.pxg

Plot phenotypes versus marker genotypes.
plot.info

Plot the proportion of missing genotype information
plot.cross

Plot various features of a cross object
c.cross

Combine data for QTL experiments
summary.fitqtl

Summary of fit of qtl model
summary.scanone

Summarize the results of a genome scan
qtl-internal

Internal qtl functions
sim.geno

Simulate genotypes given observed marker data
convert2ss

Convert an intercross into a form to allow sex-specific maps
lodint

LOD support interval
top.errorlod

List genotypes with large error LOD scores
geno.table

Create table of genotype distributions
find.marker

Find marker closest to a specified position
summary.scantwo

Summarize the results of a two-dimensional genome scan
plot.map

Plot genetic map
clean

Remove derived data
nmissing

Number of missing genotypes
subset.cross

Subsetting data for QTL experiment
replace.map

Replace the genetic map of a cross
fill.geno

Fill holes in genotype data
plot.scantwo

Plot LOD scores for a two-dimensional genome scan
write.cross

Write data for a QTL experiment to a file
pull.geno

Pull out the genotype data from a cross
switch.order

Switch the order of markers on a chromosome
ripple

Compare marker orders
plot.errorlod

Plot grid of error LOD values
fitqtl

Fit a multiple QTL model
calc.genoprob

Calculate conditional genotype probabilities
max.scantwo

Maximum peak in two-dimensional genome scan
read.cross

Read data for a QTL experiment
max.scanone

Maximum peak in genome scan
plot.missing

Plot grid of missing genotypes
sim.cross

Simulate a QTL experiment
plot.scanone

Plot LOD curves
comparecrosses

Compare two cross objects.
est.map

Estimate genetic maps
plot.geno

Plot observed genotypes, flagging likely errors
est.rf

Estimate pairwise recombination fractions
scantwo

Two-dimensional genome scan with a two-QTL model
scanone

Genome scan with a single QTL model
plot.rf

Plot recombination fractions
calc.errorlod

Identify likely genotyping errors
bristle3

Data on bristle number in Drosophila
badorder

An intercross with misplaced markers
listeria

Data on Listeria monocytogenes susceptibility
bristleX

Data on bristle number in Drosophila
fake.4way

Simulated data for a 4-way cross
fake.f2

Simulated data for an F2 intercross
map10

An example genetic map
hyper

Data on hypertension
fake.bc

Simulated data for a backcross