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gl2plink: Converts a genlight object to PLINK file format

Description

This function exports a genlight object into PLINK format and save it into a file

Usage

gl2plink(x, outfile = "plink.csv", outpath = tempdir(), verbose = NULL)

Arguments

x

-- name of the genlight object containing the SNP data [required]

outfile

-- file name of the output file (including extension) [default plink.csv]

outpath

-- path where to save the output file [default tempdir(), mandated by CRAN]. Use outpath=getwd() when calling this function or set.tempdir <- getwd() elsewhere in your script to direct output files to your working directory.

verbose

-- verbosity: 0, silent or fatal errors; 1, begin and end; 2, progress log ; 3, progress and results summary; 5, full report [default 2 or as specified using gl.set.verbosity]

References

Purcell S, Neale B, Todd-Brown K, Thomas L, Ferreira MAR, Bender D, Maller J, Sklar P, de Bakker PIW, Daly MJ & Sham PC (2007). PLINK: a toolset for whole-genome association and population-based linkage analysis. American Journal of Human Genetics 81:551-575.

Examples

Run this code
# NOT RUN {
gl2plink(testset.gl)
# }

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