- indir
[character] /path/to/directory containing the basic PLINK data
files name.bim, name.bed, name.fam files.
- name
[character] Prefix of PLINK files, i.e. name.bed, name.bim,
name.fam.
- qcdir
[character] /path/to/directory to save name.imiss as returned
by plink --missing. User needs writing permission to qcdir. Per default
qcdir=indir.
- verbose
[logical] If TRUE, progress info is printed to standard out.
- path2plink
[character] Absolute path to PLINK executable
(https://www.cog-genomics.org/plink/1.9/) i.e.
plink should be accessible as path2plink -h. The full name of the executable
should be specified: for windows OS, this means path/plink.exe, for unix
platforms this is path/plink. If not provided, assumed that PATH set-up works
and PLINK will be found by exec('plink').
- keep_individuals
[character] Path to file with individuals to be
retained in the analysis. The file has to be a space/tab-delimited text file
with family IDs in the first column and within-family IDs in the second
column. All samples not listed in this file will be removed from the current
analysis. See https://www.cog-genomics.org/plink/1.9/filter#indiv.
Default: NULL, i.e. no filtering on individuals.
- remove_individuals
[character] Path to file with individuals to be
removed from the analysis. The file has to be a space/tab-delimited text file
with family IDs in the first column and within-family IDs in the second
column. All samples listed in this file will be removed from the current
analysis. See https://www.cog-genomics.org/plink/1.9/filter#indiv.
Default: NULL, i.e. no filtering on individuals.
- exclude_markers
[character] Path to file with makers to be
removed from the analysis. The file has to be a text file with a list of
variant IDs (usually one per line, but it's okay for them to just be
separated by spaces). All listed variants will be removed from the current
analysis. See https://www.cog-genomics.org/plink/1.9/filter#snp.
Default: NULL, i.e. no filtering on markers.
- extract_markers
[character] Path to file with makers to be
included in the analysis. The file has to be a text file with a list of
variant IDs (usually one per line, but it's okay for them to just be
separated by spaces). All unlisted variants will be removed from the current
analysis. See https://www.cog-genomics.org/plink/1.9/filter#snp.
Default: NULL, i.e. no filtering on markers.
- showPlinkOutput
[logical] If TRUE, plink log and error messages are
printed to standard out.