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qtl (version 1.35-3)

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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1.35-3

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GPL-3

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Karl W Broman

Last Published

December 16th, 2014

Functions in qtl (1.35-3)

checkAlleles

Identify markers with switched alleles
groupclusteredheatmap

Retrieving groups of traits after clustering
plot.cross

Plot various features of a cross object
plot.scanoneboot

Plot results of bootstrap for QTL position
fitstahl

Fit Stahl interference model
pull.draws

Pull out the genotype imputations from a cross
phenames

Pull out the phenotypes names from a cross
replacemap.scanone

Replace the genetic map in QTL mapping results with an alternate map
plotModel

Plot a QTL model
switch.order

Switch the order of markers on a chromosome
clean.scantwo

Clean up scantwo output
subset.map

Subsetting chromosomes for a genetic map
listeria

Data on Listeria monocytogenes susceptibility
markernames

Pull out the marker names from a cross
jittermap

Jitter marker positions in a genetic map
bristle3

Data on bristle number in Drosophila
plot.scantwo

Plot LOD scores for a two-dimensional genome scan
scanone

Genome scan with a single QTL model
reorderqtl

Reorder the QTL in a qtl object
nqtl

Determine the number of QTL in a QTL object
add.cim.covar

Indicate marker covariates from composite interval mapping
add.threshold

Add significance threshold to plot
MQM

Introduction to Multiple QTL Model (MQM) mapping
pull.map

Pull out the genetic map from a cross
c.scanone

Combine columns from multiple scanone results
scanPhyloQTL

Single-QTL genome scan to map QTL to a phylogenetic tree
transformPheno

Transformation of the phenotypes in a cross object
drop.dupmarkers

Drop duplicate markers
fake.f2

Simulated data for an F2 intercross
fitqtl

Fit a multiple-QTL model
ripple

Compare marker orders
A starting point

Introductory comments on R/qtl
chrnames

Pull out the chromosome names from a cross
bristleX

Data on bristle number in Drosophila
calc.genoprob

Calculate conditional genotype probabilities
comparecrosses

Compare two cross objects
condense.scantwo

Condense the output from a 2-d genome scan
convert2riself

Convert a cross to RIL by selfing
drop.nullmarkers

Drop markers without any genotype data
qtlversion

Installed version of R/qtl
formLinkageGroups

Partition markers into linkage groups
mqmtestnormal

Shapiro normality test used for MQM
mqmscanfdr

Estimate FDR for multiple trait QTL analysis
find.markerindex

Determine the numeric index for a marker
effectplot

Plot phenotype means against genotypes at one or two markers
geno.image

Plot grid of genotype data
allchrsplits

Test all possible splits of a chromosome into two pieces
arithscanperm

Arithmetic Operators for permutation results
badorder

An intercross with misplaced markers
formMarkerCovar

Create matrix of marker covariates for QTL analysis
inferredpartitions

Identify inferred partitions in mapping QTL to a phylogenetic tree
droponemarker

Drop one marker at a time and determine effect on genetic map
addqtl

Scan for an additional QTL in a multiple-QTL model
scantwopermhk

Permutation test for 2d genome scan by Haley-Knott regression
markerlrt

General likelihood ratio test for association between marker pairs
cbind.scanoneperm

Combine columns from multiple scanone permutation results
addpair

Scan for an additional pair of QTL in a multiple-QTL model
c.scantwo

Combine columns from multiple scantwo results
interpPositions

Interpolate positions from one map to another
chrlen

Chromosome lengths in QTL experiment
max.scanone

Maximum peak in genome scan
nchr

Determine the number of chromosomes
cbind.scantwoperm

Combine scantwo permutations by column
clean.cross

Remove derived data
countXO

Count number of obligate crossovers for each individual
calc.penalties

Calculate LOD penalties
addmarker

Add a marker to a cross
comparegeno

Compare individuals' genotype data
findDupMarkers

Find markers with identical genotype data
mqmplot.heatmap

Heatmap of a genome of MQM scan on multiple phenotypes
movemarker

Move a marker to a new chromosome
find.pheno

Find column number for a particular phenotype
find.marker

Find marker closest to a specified position
est.rf

Estimate pairwise recombination fractions
plot.rfmatrix

Plot recombination fractions or LOD scores for a single marker
plotLodProfile

Plot 1-d LOD profiles for a multiple QTL model
scanoneboot

Bootstrap to get interval estimate of QTL location
mqmpermutation

Estimate QTL LOD score significance using permutations or simulations
mqmfind.marker

Fetch significant markers after permutation analysis
plotInfo

Plot the proportion of missing genotype information
plot.qtl

Plot QTL locations
geno.table

Create table of genotype distributions
getid

Pull out the individual identifiers from a cross
mqmautocofactors

Automatic setting of cofactors, taking marker density into account
mqmprocesspermutation

Convert mqmmulti objects into a scanoneperm object
max.scantwo

Maximum peak in two-dimensional genome scan
mqmplot.circle

Circular genome plot for MQM
max.scanPhyloQTL

Maximum peak in genome scan to map a QTL to a phylogenetic tree
ntyped

Number of genotypes
nqrank

Transform a vector of quantitative values to the corresponding normal quantiles
qtl-internal

Internal qtl functions
pickMarkerSubset

Identify the largest subset of markers that are some distance apart
plotMap

Plot genetic map
subset.scanoneperm

Subsetting permutation test results
plotRF

Plot recombination fractions
pull.argmaxgeno

Pull out the results of the Viterbi algorithm from a cross
makeqtl

Make a qtl object
nphe

Determine the number of phenotypes QTL experiment
mqmscan

Genome scan with a multiple QTL model (MQM)
addint

Add pairwise interaction to a multiple-QTL model
c.scantwoperm

Combine data from scantwo permutations
pull.genoprob

Pull out the genotype probabilities from a cross
geno.crosstab

Create table of two-locus genotypes
top.errorlod

List genotypes with large error LOD scores
mqmaugment

MQM augmentation
mqmplot.permutations

Plot results from mqmpermutation
mqmscanall

Parallelized MQM on multiple phenotypes in a cross object
mqmplot.directedqtl

Plot LOD*Effect curves of a multiple-QTL model
plot.scanPhyloQTL

Plot LOD curves from single-QTL scan to map QTL to a phylogenetic tree
simPhyloQTL

Simulate a set of intercrosses for a single diallelic QTL
dropfromqtl

Drop a QTL from a qtl object
refineqtl

Refine the positions of QTL
subset.scanone

Subsetting the results of a genome scan
pull.markers

Drop all but a selected set of markers
plotMissing

Plot grid of missing genotypes
totmar

Determine the total number of markers
mqmplot.singletrait

Plot LOD curves of a multiple-QTL model
shiftmap

Shift starting points in genetic maps
summary.cross

Print summary of QTL experiment
plot.scanone

Plot LOD curves
nmar

Determine the numbers of markers on each chromosome
fill.geno

Fill holes in genotype data
c.cross

Combine data for QTL experiments
nmissing

Number of missing genotypes
find.pseudomarker

Find the pseudomarker closest to a specified position
plotPXG

Plot phenotypes versus marker genotypes
simulatemissingdata

Simulates missing genotype data
pull.rf

Pull out recombination fractions or LOD scores from a cross object
locateXO

Estimate locations of crossovers
pull.pheno

Pull out phenotype data from a cross
typingGap

Maximum distance between genotyped markers
replace.map

Replace the genetic map of a cross
readMWril

Read data for 4- or 8-way RIL
read.cross

Read data for a QTL experiment
subset.scantwo

Subsetting the results of a 2-d genome scan
lodint

LOD support interval
summary.scanPhyloQTL

Summarize the results a genome scan to map a QTL to a phylogenetic tree
replaceqtl

Replace a QTL in a qtl object with a different position
summary.qtl

Print summary of a QTL object
pull.geno

Pull out the genotype data from a cross
simFounderSnps

Simulate founder SNPs for a multiple-strain RIL
nind

Determine the number of individuals QTL experiment
plotGeno

Plot observed genotypes, flagging likely errors
scanonevar

Genome scan for QTL affecting mean and/or variance
summary.scanoneboot

Bootstrap confidence interval for QTL location
subset.scantwoperm

Subsetting two-dimensional permutation test results
map10

An example genetic map
plot.scanoneperm

Plot permutation results for a single-QTL genome scan
switchAlleles

Switch alleles at selected markers
argmax.geno

Reconstruct underlying genotypes
convert2sa

Convert a sex-specific map to a sex-averaged one
arithscan

Arithmetic operators for scanone and scantwo results
summary.fitqtl

Summary of fit of qtl model
est.map

Estimate genetic maps
replacemap.scantwo

Replace the genetic map in QTL mapping results with an alternate map
find.markerpos

Find position of a marker
fake.bc

Simulated data for a backcross
c.scanoneperm

Combine data from scanone permutations
fake.4way

Simulated data for a 4-way cross
inferFounderHap

Crude reconstruction of founder haplotypes in multi-parent RIL
plotPheno

Plot a phenotype distribution
cim

Composite interval mapping
summary.scantwoperm

LOD thresholds from scantwo permutation results
reduce2grid

Reduce to a grid of pseudomarkers.
rescalemap

Rescale genetic maps
stepwiseqtl

Stepwise selection for multiple QTL
orderMarkers

Find an initial order for markers within chromosomes
effectscan

Plot estimated QTL effects across the whole genome
addloctocross

Add phenotype location into a cross object
subset.cross

Subsetting data for QTL experiment
calc.errorlod

Identify likely genotyping errors
mapthis

Simulated data for illustrating genetic map construction
mqmplot.clusteredheatmap

Plot clustered heatmap of MQM scan on multiple phenotypes
summary.scanoneperm

LOD thresholds from scanone permutation results
xaxisloc.scanone

Get x-axis locations in scanone plot
mqmplot.cistrans

cis-trans plot
mqmplot.cofactors

Plot cofactors on the genetic map
addtoqtl

Add to a qtl object
summaryMap

Print summary of a genetic map
summary.scantwo

Summarize the results of a two-dimensional genome scan
summary.scanone

Summarize the results of a genome scans
sim.cross

Simulate a QTL experiment
sim.geno

Simulate genotypes given observed marker data
sim.map

Simulate a genetic map
summary.ripple

Print summary of ripple results
convert.scanone

Convert output from scanone for R/qtl version 0.98
convert2risib

Convert a cross to RIL by sib mating
find.flanking

Find flanking markers for a specified position
hyper

Data on hypertension
multitrait

Example Cross object from R/QTL with multiple traits
scanqtl

General QTL scan
tryallpositions

Test all possible positions for a marker
summaryScantwoOld

Summarize the results of a two-dimensional genome scan
convert.scantwo

Convert output from scantwo for R/qtl version 1.03 and earlier
cleanGeno

Delete genotypes that are possibly in error
locations

Genetic locations of traits for the multitrait dataset
compareorder

Compare two orderings of markers on a chromosome
map2table

Convert genetic map from list to table.
mqmsetcofactors

Set cofactors at fixed intervals, to be used with MQM
bayesint

Bayesian credible interval
addcovarint

Add QTL x covariate interaction to a multiple-QTL model
convert.map

Change map function for a genetic map
drop.markers

Drop a set of markers
mqmextractmarkers

MQM marker extraction
mqmgetmodel

Retrieve the QTL model used in mapping from the results of an MQM scan
mqmplot.multitrait

Plot the results from a genomescan using a multiple-QTL model on multiple phenotypes
nullmarkers

Identify markers without any genotype data
plotErrorlod

Plot grid of error LOD values
plot.scantwoperm

Plot permutation results for a 2d, 2-QTL genome scan
scantwo

Two-dimensional genome scan with a two-QTL model
write.cross

Write data for a QTL experiment to a file
strip.partials

Strip partially informative genotypes