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qtl (version 1.41-6)

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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1.41-6

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GPL-3

Maintainer

Karl W Broman

Last Published

June 12th, 2017

Functions in qtl (1.41-6)

addloctocross

Add phenotype location into a cross object
addmarker

Add a marker to a cross
add.cim.covar

Indicate marker covariates from composite interval mapping
add.threshold

Add significance threshold to plot
addcovarint

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

Add pairwise interaction to a multiple-QTL model
MQM

Introduction to Multiple QTL Model (MQM) mapping
A starting point

Introductory comments on R/qtl
addpair

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

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

Arithmetic Operators for permutation results
badorder

An intercross with misplaced markers
c.scantwo

Combine columns from multiple scantwo results
c.scantwoperm

Combine data from scantwo permutations
argmax.geno

Reconstruct underlying genotypes
arithscan

Arithmetic operators for scanone and scantwo results
calc.errorlod

Identify likely genotyping errors
bristle3

Data on bristle number in Drosophila
calc.penalties

Calculate LOD penalties
cbind.scanoneperm

Combine columns from multiple scanone permutation results
comparecrosses

Compare two cross objects
comparegeno

Compare individuals' genotype data
convert.scantwo

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

Add to a qtl object
allchrsplits

Test all possible splits of a chromosome into two pieces
convert2risib

Convert a cross to RIL by sib mating
bayesint

Bayesian credible interval
convert2riself

Convert a cross to RIL by selfing
find.pseudomarker

Find the pseudomarker closest to a specified position
findDupMarkers

Find markers with identical genotype data
bristleX

Data on bristle number in Drosophila
c.cross

Combine data for QTL experiments
c.scanone

Combine columns from multiple scanone results
inferFounderHap

Crude reconstruction of founder haplotypes in multi-parent RIL
inferredpartitions

Identify inferred partitions in mapping QTL to a phylogenetic tree
interpPositions

Interpolate positions from one map to another
jittermap

Jitter marker positions in a genetic map
convert2sa

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

Plot phenotype means against genotypes at one or two markers
effectscan

Plot estimated QTL effects across the whole genome
calc.genoprob

Calculate conditional genotype probabilities
clean.scantwo

Clean up scantwo output
cleanGeno

Delete genotypes that are possibly in error
convert.map

Change map function for a genetic map
convert.scanone

Convert output from scanone for R/qtl version 0.98
est.map

Estimate genetic maps
est.rf

Estimate pairwise recombination fractions
find.markerindex

Determine the numeric index for a marker
find.flanking

Find flanking markers for a specified position
find.marker

Find marker closest to a specified position
geno.crosstab

Create table of two-locus genotypes
fitqtl

Fit a multiple-QTL model
groupclusteredheatmap

Retrieving groups of traits after clustering
hyper

Data on hypertension
listeria

Data on Listeria monocytogenes susceptibility
geno.image

Plot grid of genotype data
mqmplot.multitrait

Plot the results from a genomescan using a multiple-QTL model on multiple phenotypes
mqmplot.permutations

Plot results from mqmpermutation
mqmtestnormal

Shapiro normality test used for MQM
markerlrt

General likelihood ratio test for association between marker pairs
markernames

Pull out the marker names from a cross
mqmplot.circle

Circular genome plot for MQM
locateXO

Estimate locations of crossovers
max.scantwo

Maximum peak in two-dimensional genome scan
movemarker

Move a marker to a new chromosome
mqmgetmodel

Retrieve the QTL model used in mapping from the results of an MQM scan
compareorder

Compare two orderings of markers on a chromosome
condense.scantwo

Condense the output from a 2-d genome scan
fake.4way

Simulated data for a 4-way cross
fake.bc

Simulated data for a backcross
mqmpermutation

Estimate QTL LOD score significance using permutations or simulations
nqtl

Determine the number of QTL in a QTL object
ntyped

Number of genotypes
plotPheno

Plot a phenotype distribution
mqmplot.cistrans

cis-trans plot
nchr

Determine the number of chromosomes
nind

Determine the number of individuals QTL experiment
multitrait

Example Cross object from R/QTL with multiple traits
plot.cross

Plot various features of a cross object
plotErrorlod

Plot grid of error LOD values
plot.scanoneperm

Plot permutation results for a single-QTL genome scan
plot.scantwo

Plot LOD scores for a two-dimensional genome scan
pull.draws

Pull out the genotype imputations from a cross
pull.geno

Pull out the genotype data from a cross
replace.map

Replace the genetic map of a cross
replacemap.scanone

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

Stepwise selection for multiple QTL
strip.partials

Strip partially informative genotypes
subset.scanone

Subsetting the results of a genome scan
c.scanoneperm

Combine data from scanone permutations
cim

Composite interval mapping
clean.cross

Remove derived data
drop.markers

Drop a set of markers
nmar

Determine the numbers of markers on each chromosome
nmissing

Number of missing genotypes
plotGeno

Plot observed genotypes, flagging likely errors
plotInfo

Plot the proportion of missing genotype information
plotPXG

Plot phenotypes versus marker genotypes
plot.scanone

Plot LOD curves
plot.scanoneboot

Plot results of bootstrap for QTL position
pull.genoprob

Pull out the genotype probabilities from a cross
pull.map

Pull out the genetic map from a cross
readMWril

Read data for 4- or 8-way RIL
subset.scanoneperm

Subsetting permutation test results
summary.scanone

Summarize the results of a genome scans
summary.scanoneboot

Bootstrap confidence interval for QTL location
write.cross

Write data for a QTL experiment to a file
reduce2grid

Reduce to a grid of pseudomarkers.
scantwopermhk

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

Shift starting points in genetic maps
subset.scantwo

Subsetting the results of a 2-d genome scan
drop.nullmarkers

Drop markers without any genotype data
dropfromqtl

Drop a QTL from a qtl object
droponemarker

Drop one marker at a time and determine effect on genetic map
fitstahl

Fit Stahl interference model
qtlversion

Installed version of R/qtl
read.cross

Read data for a QTL experiment
replaceqtl

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

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

Genome scan with a single QTL model
subset.cross

Subsetting data for QTL experiment
subset.map

Subsetting chromosomes for a genetic map
replacemap.scantwo

Replace the genetic map in QTL mapping results with an alternate map
subset.scantwoperm

Subsetting two-dimensional permutation test results
switch.order

Switch the order of markers on a chromosome
switchAlleles

Switch alleles at selected markers
xaxisloc.scanone

Get x-axis locations in scanone plot
summary.scanoneperm

LOD thresholds from scanone permutation results
summary.scantwo

Summarize the results of a two-dimensional genome scan
flip.order

Flip the orders of markers on a set of chromosomes
locations

Genetic locations of traits for the multitrait dataset
lodint

LOD support interval
mqmaugment

MQM augmentation
mqmautocofactors

Automatic setting of cofactors, taking marker density into account
mqmplot.clusteredheatmap

Plot clustered heatmap of MQM scan on multiple phenotypes
mqmplot.cofactors

Plot cofactors on the genetic map
mqmplot.singletrait

Plot LOD curves of a multiple-QTL model
mqmprocesspermutation

Convert mqmmulti objects into a scanoneperm object
phenames

Pull out the phenotypes names from a cross
pickMarkerSubset

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

Plot genetic map
cbind.scantwoperm

Combine scantwo permutations by column
checkAlleles

Identify markers with switched alleles
chrlen

Chromosome lengths in QTL experiment
chrnames

Pull out the chromosome names from a cross
geno.table

Create table of genotype distributions
getid

Pull out the individual identifiers from a cross
map2table

Convert genetic map from list to table.
mapthis

Simulated data for illustrating genetic map construction
plotMissing

Plot grid of missing genotypes
plot.rfmatrix

Plot recombination fractions or LOD scores for a single marker
plot.scanPhyloQTL

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

Rescale genetic maps
ripple

Compare marker orders
scanoneboot

Bootstrap to get interval estimate of QTL location
scanonevar

Genome scan for QTL affecting mean and/or variance
sim.cross

Simulate a QTL experiment
mqmextractmarkers

MQM marker extraction
mqmfind.marker

Fetch significant markers after permutation analysis
mqmplot.directedqtl

Plot LOD*Effect curves of a multiple-QTL model
mqmplot.heatmap

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

Simulate genotypes given observed marker data
summary.ripple

Print summary of ripple results
summary.scanPhyloQTL

Summarize the results a genome scan to map a QTL to a phylogenetic tree
summaryScantwoOld

Summarize the results of a two-dimensional genome scan
mqmscan

Genome scan with a multiple QTL model (MQM)
mqmscanall

Parallelized MQM on multiple phenotypes in a cross object
nullmarkers

Identify markers without any genotype data
orderMarkers

Find an initial order for markers within chromosomes
plot.scantwoperm

Plot permutation results for a 2d, 2-QTL genome scan
plotLodProfile

Plot 1-d LOD profiles for a multiple QTL model
pull.markers

Drop all but a selected set of markers
countXO

Count number of obligate crossovers for each individual
drop.dupmarkers

Drop duplicate markers
fake.f2

Simulated data for an F2 intercross
fill.geno

Fill holes in genotype data
find.markerpos

Find position of a marker
find.pheno

Find column number for a particular phenotype
formLinkageGroups

Partition markers into linkage groups
formMarkerCovar

Create matrix of marker covariates for QTL analysis
summary.scantwoperm

LOD thresholds from scantwo permutation results
pull.pheno

Pull out phenotype data from a cross
scanonevar.meanperm

Permutation test for mean effect in scanonevar
scanonevar.varperm

Permutation test for variance effect in scanonevar
simPhyloQTL

Simulate a set of intercrosses for a single diallelic QTL
simulatemissingdata

Simulates missing genotype data
summaryMap

Print summary of a genetic map
makeqtl

Make a qtl object
map10

An example genetic map
max.scanPhyloQTL

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

Maximum peak in genome scan
summary.qtl

Print summary of a QTL object
table2map

Convert a table of marker positions to a map object.
top.errorlod

List genotypes with large error LOD scores
totmar

Determine the total number of markers
transformPheno

Transformation of the phenotypes in a cross object
mqmscanfdr

Estimate FDR for multiple trait QTL analysis
mqmsetcofactors

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

Determine the number of phenotypes QTL experiment
nqrank

Transform a vector of quantitative values to the corresponding normal quantiles
plot.qtl

Plot QTL locations
plotRF

Plot recombination fractions
plotModel

Plot a QTL model
pull.argmaxgeno

Pull out the results of the Viterbi algorithm from a cross
pull.rf

Pull out recombination fractions or LOD scores from a cross object
qtl-internal

Internal qtl functions
refineqtl

Refine the positions of QTL
reorderqtl

Reorder the QTL in a qtl object
scanqtl

General QTL scan
scantwo

Two-dimensional genome scan with a two-QTL model
sim.map

Simulate a genetic map
simFounderSnps

Simulate founder SNPs for a multiple-strain RIL
summary.cross

Print summary of QTL experiment
summary.fitqtl

Summary of fit of qtl model
typingGap

Maximum distance between genotyped markers
tryallpositions

Test all possible positions for a marker