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qtl (version 1.31-9)

Tools for analyzing QTL experiments

Description

Analysis of experimental crosses to identify genes (called quantitative trait loci, QTLs) contributing to variation in quantitative traits.

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install.packages('qtl')

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GPL-3

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Karl W Broman

Last Published

March 20th, 2014

Functions in qtl (1.31-9)

readMWril

Read data for 4- or 8-way RIL
cleanGeno

Delete genotypes that are possibly in error
convert.map

Change map function for a genetic map
locations

Genetic locations of traits for the multitrait dataset
shiftmap

Shift starting points in genetic maps
comparegeno

Compare individuals' genotype data
qtl-internal

Internal qtl functions
plotPXG

Plot phenotypes versus marker genotypes
A starting point

Introductory comments on R/qtl
addint

Add pairwise interaction to a multiple-QTL model
calc.errorlod

Identify likely genotyping errors
bristleX

Data on bristle number in Drosophila
bayesint

Bayesian credible interval
compareorder

Compare two orderings of markers on a chromosome
find.markerindex

Determine the numeric index for a marker
addcovarint

Add QTL x covariate interaction to a multiple-QTL model
MQM

Introduction to Multiple QTL Model (MQM) mapping
countXO

Count number of obligate crossovers for each individual
convert.scanone

Convert output from scanone for R/qtl version 0.98
lodint

LOD support interval
effectplot

Plot phenotype means against genotypes at one or two markers
arithscanperm

Arithmetic Operators for permutation results
effectscan

Plot estimated QTL effects across the whole genome
addqtl

Scan for an additional QTL in a multiple-QTL model
calc.penalties

Calculate LOD penalties
convert2risib

Convert a cross to RIL by sib mating
addtoqtl

Add to a qtl object
geno.table

Create table of genotype distributions
c.scantwo

Combine columns from multiple scantwo results
mqmplot.clusteredheatmap

Plot clustered heatmap of MQM scan on multiple phenotypes
convert2riself

Convert a cross to RIL by selfing
drop.dupmarkers

Drop duplicate markers
fake.4way

Simulated data for a 4-way cross
find.pseudomarker

Find the pseudomarker closest to a specified position
scanone

Genome scan with a single QTL model
arithscan

Arithmetic operators for scanone and scantwo results
badorder

An intercross with misplaced markers
droponemarker

Drop one marker at a time and determine effect on genetic map
mqmplot.singletrait

Plot LOD curves of a multiple-QTL model
fake.f2

Simulated data for an F2 intercross
cbind.scanoneperm

Combine columns from multiple scanone permutation results
mqmfind.marker

Fetch significant markers after permutation analysis
fake.bc

Simulated data for a backcross
convert.scantwo

Convert output from scantwo for R/qtl version 1.03 and earlier
mqmgetmodel

Retrieve the QTL model used in mapping from the results of an MQM scan
est.rf

Estimate pairwise recombination fractions
checkAlleles

Identify markers with switched alleles
argmax.geno

Reconstruct underlying genotypes
c.scantwoperm

Combine data from scantwo permutations
formLinkageGroups

Partition markers into linkage groups
formMarkerCovar

Create matrix of marker covariates for QTL analysis
dropfromqtl

Drop a QTL from a qtl object
bristle3

Data on bristle number in Drosophila
clean.scantwo

Clean up scantwo output
addmarker

Add a marker to a cross
nmar

Determine the numbers of markers on each chromosome
locateXO

Estimate locations of crossovers
c.scanoneperm

Combine data from scanone permutations
geno.crosstab

Create table of two-locus genotypes
mqmaugment

MQM augmentation
addpair

Scan for an additional pair of QTL in a multiple-QTL model
drop.markers

Drop a set of markers
stepwiseqtl

Stepwise selection for multiple QTL
condense.scantwo

Condense the output from a 2-d genome scan
c.scanone

Combine columns from multiple scanone results
mqmplot.cofactors

Plot cofactors on the genetic map
geno.image

Plot grid of genotype data
cim

Composite interval mapping
simulatemissingdata

Simulates missing genotype data
est.map

Estimate genetic maps
drop.nullmarkers

Drop markers without any genotype data
find.pheno

Find column number for a particular phenotype
nchr

Determine the number of chromosomes
max.scanPhyloQTL

Maximum peak in genome scan to map a QTL to a phylogenetic tree
c.cross

Combine data for QTL experiments
interpPositions

Interpolate positions from one map to another
pull.geno

Pull out the genotype data from a cross
plot.rfmatrix

Plot recombination fractions or LOD scores for a single marker
sim.map

Simulate a genetic map
mqmplot.heatmap

Heatmap of a genome of MQM scan on multiple phenotypes
map10

An example genetic map
clean.cross

Remove derived data
read.cross

Read data for a QTL experiment
fill.geno

Fill holes in genotype data
mqmplot.directedqtl

Plot LOD*Effect curves of a multiple-QTL model
orderMarkers

Find an initial order for markers within chromosomes
max.scantwo

Maximum peak in two-dimensional genome scan
comparecrosses

Compare two cross objects
subset.map

Subsetting chromosomes for a genetic map
convert2sa

Convert a sex-specific map to a sex-averaged one
mqmautocofactors

Automatic setting of cofactors, taking marker density into account
mqmextractmarkers

MQM marker extraction
listeria

Data on Listeria monocytogenes susceptibility
mqmscanall

Parallelized MQM on multiple phenotypes in a cross object
reorderqtl

Reorder the QTL in a qtl object
plot.qtl

Plot QTL locations
jittermap

Jitter marker positions in a genetic map
mqmplot.permutations

Plot results from mqmpermutation
simFounderSnps

Simulate founder SNPs for a multiple-strain RIL
scanPhyloQTL

Single-QTL genome scan to map QTL to a phylogenetic tree
subset.scanone

Subsetting the results of a genome scan
scanoneboot

Bootstrap to get interval estimate of QTL location
getid

Pull out the individual identifiers from a cross
plotModel

Plot a QTL model
summary.fitqtl

Summary of fit of qtl model
mqmtestnormal

Shapiro normality test used for MQM
pull.pheno

Pull out phenotype data from a cross
mqmsetcofactors

Set cofactors at fixed intervals, to be used with MQM
mqmscan

Genome scan with a multiple QTL model (MQM)
summary.scanoneboot

Bootstrap confidence interval for QTL location
fitstahl

Fit Stahl interference model
summary.scanone

Summarize the results of a genome scans
mapthis

Simulated data for illustrating genetic map construction
nqrank

Transform a vector of quantitative values to the corresponding normal quantiles
pull.argmaxgeno

Pull out the results of the Viterbi algorithm from a cross
multitrait

Example Cross object from R/QTL with multiple traits
movemarker

Move a marker to a new chromosome
groupclusteredheatmap

Retrieving groups of traits after clustering
nqtl

Determine the number of QTL in a QTL object
plotMap

Plot genetic map
summary.scanPhyloQTL

Summarize the results a genome scan to map a QTL to a phylogenetic tree
pull.genoprob

Pull out the genotype probabilities from a cross
max.scanone

Maximum peak in genome scan
replacemap.scanone

Replace the genetic map in QTL mapping results with an alternate map
qtlversion

Installed version of R/qtl
nind

Determine the number of individuals QTL experiment
markerlrt

General likelihood ratio test for association between marker pairs
plotMissing

Plot grid of missing genotypes
summaryScantwoOld

Summarize the results of a two-dimensional genome scan
transformPheno

Transformation of the phenotypes in a cross object
reduce2grid

Reduce to a grid of pseudomarkers.
inferredpartitions

Identify inferred partitions in mapping QTL to a phylogenetic tree
plot.scanone

Plot LOD curves
pull.markers

Drop all but a selected set of markers
mqmscanfdr

Estimate FDR for multiple trait QTL analysis
plot.scanoneboot

Plot results of bootstrap for QTL position
nmissing

Number of missing genotypes
replacemap.scantwo

Replace the genetic map in QTL mapping results with an alternate map
scantwo

Two-dimensional genome scan with a two-QTL model
plot.cross

Plot various features of a cross object
scanqtl

General QTL scan
switchAlleles

Switch alleles at selected markers
write.cross

Write data for a QTL experiment to a file
simPhyloQTL

Simulate a set of intercrosses for a single diallelic QTL
ripple

Compare marker orders
plot.scanPhyloQTL

Plot LOD curves from single-QTL scan to map QTL to a phylogenetic tree
refineqtl

Refine the positions of QTL
phenames

Pull out the phenotypes names from a cross
mqmplot.circle

Circular genome plot for MQM
pull.draws

Pull out the genotype imputations from a cross
nphe

Determine the number of phenotypes QTL experiment
makeqtl

Make a qtl object
ntyped

Number of genotypes
plotGeno

Plot observed genotypes, flagging likely errors
typingGap

Maximum distance between genotyped markers
pickMarkerSubset

Identify the largest subset of markers that are some distance apart
summary.cross

Print summary of QTL experiment
plotErrorlod

Plot grid of error LOD values
plot.scantwoperm

Plot permutation results for a 2d, 2-QTL genome scan
mqmplot.cistrans

cis-trans plot
pull.map

Pull out the genetic map from a cross
replaceqtl

Replace a QTL in a qtl object with a different position
plot.scantwo

Plot LOD scores for a two-dimensional genome scan
plotRF

Plot recombination fractions
pull.rf

Pull out recombination fractions or LOD scores from a cross object
plotLodProfile

Plot 1-d LOD profiles for a multiple QTL model
sim.cross

Simulate a QTL experiment
totmar

Determine the total number of markers
summary.scanoneperm

LOD thresholds from scanone permutation results
strip.partials

Strip partially informative genotypes
nullmarkers

Identify markers without any genotype data
plotPheno

Plot a phenotype distribution
summary.scantwo

Summarize the results of a two-dimensional genome scan
summary.ripple

Print summary of ripple results
rescalemap

Rescale genetic maps
subset.scanoneperm

Subsetting permutation test results
switch.order

Switch the order of markers on a chromosome
top.errorlod

List genotypes with large error LOD scores
tryallpositions

Test all possible positions for a marker
find.marker

Find marker closest to a specified position
plotInfo

Plot the proportion of missing genotype information
mqmplot.multitrait

Plot the results from a genomescan using a multiple-QTL model on multiple phenotypes
find.flanking

Find flanking markers for a specified position
fitqtl

Fit a multiple-QTL model
chrlen

Chromosome lengths in QTL experiment
findDupMarkers

Find markers with identical genotype data
plot.scanoneperm

Plot permutation results for a single-QTL genome scan
sim.geno

Simulate genotypes given observed marker data
subset.scantwoperm

Subsetting two-dimensional permutation test results
summary.scantwoperm

LOD thresholds from scantwo permutation results
summaryMap

Print summary of a genetic map
summary.qtl

Print summary of a QTL object
mqmpermutation

Estimate QTL LOD score significance using permutations or simulations
add.threshold

Add significance threshold to plot
addloctocross

Add phenotype location into a cross object
find.markerpos

Find position of a marker
calc.genoprob

Calculate conditional genotype probabilities
markernames

Pull out the marker names from a cross
replace.map

Replace the genetic map of a cross
subset.scantwo

Subsetting the results of a 2-d genome scan
xaxisloc.scanone

Get x-axis locations in scanone plot
add.cim.covar

Indicate marker covariates from composite interval mapping
allchrsplits

Test all possible splits of a chromosome into two pieces
chrnames

Pull out the chromosome names from a cross
inferFounderHap

Crude reconstruction of founder haplotypes in multi-parent RIL
hyper

Data on hypertension
mqmprocesspermutation

Convert mqmmulti objects into a scanoneperm object
subset.cross

Subsetting data for QTL experiment