isFounder {GeneticsPed} | R Documentation |
isFounder
classifies individuals in the pedigree as founders
(base) or non-founders (non-base individuals).
isFounder(x, col=attr(x, ".ascendant"))
x |
pedigree object |
col |
character, which columns should be checked, see examples |
By definition founders do not have any known ascendants, while the opossite is the case for non-founders i.e. they have at least one known ascendant.
FIXME: any relation with founderGeneSet in GeneticsBase
Boolean vector.
Gregor Gorjanc
ped <- generatePedigree(nId=5) isFounder(ped) ## Based only on fathers isFounder(ped, col=c("father")) ## Works also only on a part of a pedigree isFounder(ped[1:5, ])