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qtl (version 0.85-4)

Tools for analyzing QTL experiments

Description

Analysis of experimental crosses to identify QTLs

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install.packages('qtl')

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Version

0.85-4

License

GPL version 2 or newer

Maintainer

Karl W Broman Saunak Sen ssenjaxorg

Last Published

December 8th, 2025

Functions in qtl (0.85-4)

read.cross.csv

Read data for a QTL experiment in comma-delimited format
sim.map

Simulate a genetic map
drop.nullmarkers

Drop markers without any genotype data
est.map

Estimate genetic maps
plot.cross

Plot various features of a cross object
plot.missing

Plot grid of missing genotypes
read.cross.gary

Read data for a QTL experiment in Gary Churchill's format
read.cross.karl

Read data for a QTL experiment in Karl Broman's format
vbscan.perm

Permutation test for trait with some undefined values
plot.map

Plot genetic map
write.cross.mm

Write data in mapmaker format
pull.chr

Pull out a subset of chromosomes from a cross
plot.info

Plot the proportion of missing information in the genotype data
clean

Remove intermediate calculations
sim.geno

Simulate genotypes given observed marker data
plot.geno

Plot genotypes with indication of likely errors
drop.markers

Drop a set of markers
drop.qtlgeno

Remove QTL genotypes
ripple

Compare marker orders
write.cross.csv

Write data in comma-delimited format
vbscan

Genome scan for trait with some undefined values
top.errorlod

List genotypes with highest error LOD values
convert2ss

Convert an intercross into a form to allow sex-specific maps
est.rf

Estimate pairwise recombination fractions
sim.cross

Simulate a QTL experiment
plot.errors

Plot grid of likely genotyping errors
argmax.geno

Reconstruct underlying genotypes
summary.ripple

Print summary of ripple results
plot.rf

Plot recombination fractions
summary.scanone

Print summary of the scanone output
plot.errorlod

Plot grid of error LOD values
scanone.perm

Permutation test for genome scan with single QTL model
geno.table

Create table of genotype distributions
calc.errorlod

Identify likely genotyping errors
read.cross.mm

Read data for a QTL experiment in mapmaker format
replace.map

Replace the genetic map of a cross
A starting point

Introductory comments
find.errors

Identify likely genotyping errors
switch.order

Switch the order of markers on a chromosome
write.cross

Write data for a QTL experiment to a file
scanone

Genome scan with single QTL model
calc.genoprob

Calculate conditional genotype probabilities
pull.map

Pull out the genetic map from a cross
summary.cross

Print summary of QTL experiment
plot.scanone

Plot output for a single QTL scan
read.cross

Read data for a QTL experiment
fake.bc

Simulated data for a backcross experiment
fake.f2

Simulated data for an F2 intercross experiment
listeria

Data on Listeria monocytogenes susceptibility
hyper

Data on hypertension
fake.4way

Simulated data for a 4-way cross experiment