cape (version 2.0.2)

get.covar: Get information about covariates

Description

This function returns information about all covariates that originated from either genotype or phenotype.

Usage

get.covar(data.obj, covar = NULL)

Arguments

data.obj

The object in which all results are stored. See read.population.

covar

A character string indicating which covariates to return information about.

Value

This function returns a list with the following elements:

• covar.names: A vector of covariate names
• covar.type: A vector containing "p" and "g" values to indicate whether each covariate originate as a genetic marker or a phenotype.
• covar.loc: A numeric vector indicating the chromosomal coordinate of each covariate. Phenotypic covariates are given dummy coordinates of 1:n.
• covar.table: A matrix giving the values of each covariate for each individual.