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qtl (version 1.38-4)

Tools for Analyzing QTL Experiments

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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

December 3rd, 2015

Functions in qtl (1.38-4)

MQM

Introduction to Multiple QTL Model (MQM) mapping
checkAlleles

Identify markers with switched alleles
allchrsplits

Test all possible splits of a chromosome into two pieces
convert2sa

Convert a sex-specific map to a sex-averaged one
drop.nullmarkers

Drop markers without any genotype data
c.scantwo

Combine columns from multiple scantwo results
plotErrorlod

Plot grid of error LOD values
convert.map

Change map function for a genetic map
cbind.scanoneperm

Combine columns from multiple scanone permutation results
read.cross

Read data for a QTL experiment
locateXO

Estimate locations of crossovers
dropfromqtl

Drop a QTL from a qtl object
replacemap.scantwo

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

Plot phenotype means against genotypes at one or two markers
condense.scantwo

Condense the output from a 2-d genome scan
qtl-internal

Internal qtl functions
fake.4way

Simulated data for a 4-way cross
scanqtl

General QTL scan
convert2risib

Convert a cross to RIL by sib mating
nmar

Determine the numbers of markers on each chromosome
geno.crosstab

Create table of two-locus genotypes
addpair

Scan for an additional pair of QTL in a multiple-QTL model
plotPheno

Plot a phenotype distribution
summary.scanPhyloQTL

Summarize the results a genome scan to map a QTL to a phylogenetic tree
mqmfind.marker

Fetch significant markers after permutation analysis
mqmscanfdr

Estimate FDR for multiple trait QTL analysis
drop.markers

Drop a set of markers
find.markerindex

Determine the numeric index for a marker
mqmextractmarkers

MQM marker extraction
nqrank

Transform a vector of quantitative values to the corresponding normal quantiles
countXO

Count number of obligate crossovers for each individual
markernames

Pull out the marker names from a cross
chrlen

Chromosome lengths in QTL experiment
add.threshold

Add significance threshold to plot
pull.markers

Drop all but a selected set of markers
argmax.geno

Reconstruct underlying genotypes
mqmplot.cofactors

Plot cofactors on the genetic map
mqmplot.permutations

Plot results from mqmpermutation
summaryScantwoOld

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

LOD thresholds from scantwo permutation results
pull.genoprob

Pull out the genotype probabilities from a cross
nqtl

Determine the number of QTL in a QTL object
scanPhyloQTL

Single-QTL genome scan to map QTL to a phylogenetic tree
c.scantwoperm

Combine data from scantwo permutations
summary.qtl

Print summary of a QTL object
plot.scanPhyloQTL

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

Delete genotypes that are possibly in error
comparegeno

Compare individuals' genotype data
cbind.scantwoperm

Combine scantwo permutations by column
plotInfo

Plot the proportion of missing genotype information
plotModel

Plot a QTL model
clean.cross

Remove derived data
pull.draws

Pull out the genotype imputations from a cross
subset.scanone

Subsetting the results of a genome scan
sim.map

Simulate a genetic map
formMarkerCovar

Create matrix of marker covariates for QTL analysis
map2table

Convert genetic map from list to table.
subset.cross

Subsetting data for QTL experiment
comparecrosses

Compare two cross objects
pull.map

Pull out the genetic map from a cross
addtoqtl

Add to a qtl object
convert.scanone

Convert output from scanone for R/qtl version 0.98
arithscan

Arithmetic operators for scanone and scantwo results
addloctocross

Add phenotype location into a cross object
mqmsetcofactors

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

Bayesian credible interval
mqmtestnormal

Shapiro normality test used for MQM
reorderqtl

Reorder the QTL in a qtl object
find.pseudomarker

Find the pseudomarker closest to a specified position
nind

Determine the number of individuals QTL experiment
calc.errorlod

Identify likely genotyping errors
rescalemap

Rescale genetic maps
arithscanperm

Arithmetic Operators for permutation results
geno.table

Create table of genotype distributions
movemarker

Move a marker to a new chromosome
bristle3

Data on bristle number in Drosophila
mapthis

Simulated data for illustrating genetic map construction
write.cross

Write data for a QTL experiment to a file
mqmplot.circle

Circular genome plot for MQM
plot.scanone

Plot LOD curves
ntyped

Number of genotypes
addint

Add pairwise interaction to a multiple-QTL model
strip.partials

Strip partially informative genotypes
orderMarkers

Find an initial order for markers within chromosomes
addcovarint

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

Number of missing genotypes
calc.genoprob

Calculate conditional genotype probabilities
A starting point

Introductory comments on R/qtl
calc.penalties

Calculate LOD penalties
mqmaugment

MQM augmentation
nullmarkers

Identify markers without any genotype data
fake.f2

Simulated data for an F2 intercross
summary.scanone

Summarize the results of a genome scans
bristleX

Data on bristle number in Drosophila
plotPXG

Plot phenotypes versus marker genotypes
plotMap

Plot genetic map
findDupMarkers

Find markers with identical genotype data
hyper

Data on hypertension
addqtl

Scan for an additional QTL in a multiple-QTL model
addmarker

Add a marker to a cross
jittermap

Jitter marker positions in a genetic map
plot.rfmatrix

Plot recombination fractions or LOD scores for a single marker
summary.scanoneboot

Bootstrap confidence interval for QTL location
transformPheno

Transformation of the phenotypes in a cross object
convert.scantwo

Convert output from scantwo for R/qtl version 1.03 and earlier
find.marker

Find marker closest to a specified position
est.map

Estimate genetic maps
droponemarker

Drop one marker at a time and determine effect on genetic map
clean.scantwo

Clean up scantwo output
max.scanone

Maximum peak in genome scan
fill.geno

Fill holes in genotype data
geno.image

Plot grid of genotype data
est.rf

Estimate pairwise recombination fractions
mqmplot.cistrans

cis-trans plot
add.cim.covar

Indicate marker covariates from composite interval mapping
find.pheno

Find column number for a particular phenotype
convert2riself

Convert a cross to RIL by selfing
replace.map

Replace the genetic map of a cross
plot.cross

Plot various features of a cross object
fake.bc

Simulated data for a backcross
summary.ripple

Print summary of ripple results
flip.order

Flip the orders of markers on a set of chromosomes
locations

Genetic locations of traits for the multitrait dataset
formLinkageGroups

Partition markers into linkage groups
plot.scanoneboot

Plot results of bootstrap for QTL position
lodint

LOD support interval
interpPositions

Interpolate positions from one map to another
chrnames

Pull out the chromosome names from a cross
summary.scantwo

Summarize the results of a two-dimensional genome scan
max.scanPhyloQTL

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

Combine columns from multiple scanone results
effectscan

Plot estimated QTL effects across the whole genome
plot.scantwo

Plot LOD scores for a two-dimensional genome scan
c.scanoneperm

Combine data from scanone permutations
mqmautocofactors

Automatic setting of cofactors, taking marker density into account
pull.rf

Pull out recombination fractions or LOD scores from a cross object
find.flanking

Find flanking markers for a specified position
shiftmap

Shift starting points in genetic maps
makeqtl

Make a qtl object
listeria

Data on Listeria monocytogenes susceptibility
mqmplot.singletrait

Plot LOD curves of a multiple-QTL model
drop.dupmarkers

Drop duplicate markers
subset.scantwo

Subsetting the results of a 2-d genome scan
plot.scantwoperm

Plot permutation results for a 2d, 2-QTL genome scan
c.cross

Combine data for QTL experiments
mqmplot.heatmap

Heatmap of a genome of MQM scan on multiple phenotypes
sim.cross

Simulate a QTL experiment
markerlrt

General likelihood ratio test for association between marker pairs
reduce2grid

Reduce to a grid of pseudomarkers.
replacemap.scanone

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

Composite interval mapping
scanonevar

Genome scan for QTL affecting mean and/or variance
getid

Pull out the individual identifiers from a cross
mqmprocesspermutation

Convert mqmmulti objects into a scanoneperm object
top.errorlod

List genotypes with large error LOD scores
scanoneboot

Bootstrap to get interval estimate of QTL location
mqmpermutation

Estimate QTL LOD score significance using permutations or simulations
mqmplot.multitrait

Plot the results from a genomescan using a multiple-QTL model on multiple phenotypes
pull.argmaxgeno

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

Genome scan with a multiple QTL model (MQM)
map10

An example genetic map
groupclusteredheatmap

Retrieving groups of traits after clustering
nphe

Determine the number of phenotypes QTL experiment
subset.scanoneperm

Subsetting permutation test results
badorder

An intercross with misplaced markers
plot.qtl

Plot QTL locations
inferredpartitions

Identify inferred partitions in mapping QTL to a phylogenetic tree
totmar

Determine the total number of markers
fitqtl

Fit a multiple-QTL model
qtlversion

Installed version of R/qtl
phenames

Pull out the phenotypes names from a cross
sim.geno

Simulate genotypes given observed marker data
max.scantwo

Maximum peak in two-dimensional genome scan
replaceqtl

Replace a QTL in a qtl object with a different position
plotRF

Plot recombination fractions
mqmplot.directedqtl

Plot LOD*Effect curves of a multiple-QTL model
summary.scanoneperm

LOD thresholds from scanone permutation results
plot.scanoneperm

Plot permutation results for a single-QTL genome scan
pull.pheno

Pull out phenotype data from a cross
summaryMap

Print summary of a genetic map
stepwiseqtl

Stepwise selection for multiple QTL
readMWril

Read data for 4- or 8-way RIL
ripple

Compare marker orders
tryallpositions

Test all possible positions for a marker
subset.map

Subsetting chromosomes for a genetic map
find.markerpos

Find position of a marker
scanone

Genome scan with a single QTL model
refineqtl

Refine the positions of QTL
fitstahl

Fit Stahl interference model
simFounderSnps

Simulate founder SNPs for a multiple-strain RIL
simPhyloQTL

Simulate a set of intercrosses for a single diallelic QTL
plotGeno

Plot observed genotypes, flagging likely errors
scantwopermhk

Permutation test for 2d genome scan by Haley-Knott regression
typingGap

Maximum distance between genotyped markers
mqmscanall

Parallelized MQM on multiple phenotypes in a cross object
pickMarkerSubset

Identify the largest subset of markers that are some distance apart
plotMissing

Plot grid of missing genotypes
nchr

Determine the number of chromosomes
pull.geno

Pull out the genotype data from a cross
compareorder

Compare two orderings of markers on a chromosome
scantwo

Two-dimensional genome scan with a two-QTL model
simulatemissingdata

Simulates missing genotype data
switch.order

Switch the order of markers on a chromosome
scanonevar.meanperm

Permutation test for mean effect in scanonevar
subset.scantwoperm

Subsetting two-dimensional permutation test results
summary.cross

Print summary of QTL experiment
summary.fitqtl

Summary of fit of qtl model
switchAlleles

Switch alleles at selected markers
xaxisloc.scanone

Get x-axis locations in scanone plot
inferFounderHap

Crude reconstruction of founder haplotypes in multi-parent RIL
multitrait

Example Cross object from R/QTL with multiple traits
mqmgetmodel

Retrieve the QTL model used in mapping from the results of an MQM scan
mqmplot.clusteredheatmap

Plot clustered heatmap of MQM scan on multiple phenotypes
plotLodProfile

Plot 1-d LOD profiles for a multiple QTL model
scanonevar.varperm

Permutation test for variance effect in scanonevar