qtl (version 1.38-4)

plotPheno: Plot a phenotype distribution

Description

Plots a histogram or barplot of the data for a phenotype from an experimental cross.

Usage

plotPheno(x, pheno.col=1, ...)

Arguments

x

An object of class cross. See read.cross for details.

pheno.col

The phenotype column to plot: a numeric index, or the phenotype name as a character string. Alternatively, one may give a numeric vector of phenotypes, in which case it must have the length equal to the number of individuals in the cross, and the

...

Passed to hist or barplot.

Value

• None.

Details

Numeric phenotypes are displayed as histograms with approximately $2\sqrt{n}$ bins. Phenotypes that are factors or that have very few unique values are displayed as barplots.

See Also

plot.cross, plotMap, plotMissing, hist, barplot

Examples

data(fake.bc)
plotPheno(fake.bc, pheno.col=1)
plotPheno(fake.bc, pheno.col=3)
plotPheno(fake.bc, pheno.col="age")