nadiv (version 2.14.2)

makeA: Creates the additive genetic relationship matrix

Description

This returns the additive relationship matrix in sparse matrix format.

Usage

makeA(pedigree)

Arguments

pedigree

A pedigree where the columns are ordered ID, Dam, Sire

Value

• Returns A, or the numerator relationship matrix, in sparse matrix form.

Details

Missing parents (e.g., base population) should be denoted by either 'NA', '0', or '*'.

Used as a support function to makeD.

See function makeAinv for directly obtaining the inverse of the additive genetic relationship matrix.

See Also

makeD, makeS

Examples

makeA(Mrode2)