Introduction

The kinship2 package is restructured from the previous kinship package. Existing features are now enhanced and new features added for handling pedigree objects.Pedigree plotting features have been updated to display features on complex pedigrees while adhering to pedigree plotting standards. Kinship matrices can now be calculated for the X chromosome. Other methods have been added to subset and trim pedigrees while maintaining the pedigree structure.We make the kinship2 package available for R on the Contributed R Archives Network (CRAN), where data management is built-in and other packages can use the pedigree object.

Publications

  1. The kinship2 R package for pedigree data.
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    Sinnwell JP, Therneau TM, Schaid DJ, 2014-01-01 - Human heredity
  2. Pedigree-drawing with R and graphviz.
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    Zhao JH, 2006-04-01 - Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)

Credits

  1. Jason P Sinnwell
    Developer

    Division of Biomedical Statistics and Informatics, Department of Health Sciences Research, United States of America

  2. Terry M Therneau
    Developer

  3. Daniel J Schaid
    Investigator

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AccessionBT001018
Tool TypeApplication
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PlatformsLinux/Unix
TechnologiesR
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Submitted ByDaniel J Schaid