GeneticsPed (version 1.34.0)

generatePedigree: Generate Pedigree example

Description

generatePedigree creates nonoverlapping pedigree example, which can be used for demos and code testing.

Usage

generatePedigree(nId, nGeneration=3, nFather=round(nId/3), nMother=nId - nFather, start=1, generationOrder="increasing", colClass="integer")

Arguments

nId

integer, number of individuals per generation, at least 2

nGeneration

integer, number of generations

nFather

integer, number of fathers per generation

nMother

integer, number of mothers per generation

start

first generation value

generationOrder

character, generation value is "increasing" or "decreasing" through generations

colClass

character, class for columns: "integer" or "factor"

Value

An extended, sorted and possibly coded pedigree object with following columns: id, father, mother, generation and sex.

References

Rico Gutierrez, M. (1999) Los modelos lineales en la mejora genetica animal. Ediciones Peninsular. ISBN 84-605-9910-8.

See Also

Pedigree

Examples

  generatePedigree(5)
  generatePedigree(nId=5, nGeneration=4, nFather=1, nMother=2)
  generatePedigree(nId=5, nGeneration=4, nFather=1, nMother=2,
                   start=0, generationOrder="decreasing")
  generatePedigree(nId=100, nGeneration=20, nFather=10, nMother=50)