generatePedigree {GeneticsPed} | R Documentation

## Generate Pedigree example

### Description

`generatePedigree` creates nonoverlapping pedigree example, which can be used for demos and code testing.

### Usage

    generatePedigree(nId, nGeneration=3, nFather=round(nId/3),
      nMother=nId - nFather, start=1, generationOrder="increasing",
      colClass="integer")

### Arguments

`nId` | integer, number of individuals per generation, at least 2
`nGeneration` | integer, number of generations
`nFather` | integer, number of fathers per generation
`nMother` | integer, number of mothers per generation
`start` | first generation value
`generationOrder` | character, generation value is "increasing" or "decreasing" through generations
`colClass` | character, class for columns: "integer" or "factor"

### Value

An extended, sorted and possibly coded pedigree object with following columns: id, father, mother, generation and sex.

### Author(s)

Marcos Rico Gutierrez (author of MATLAB code) and Gregor Gorjanc (R implementation)

### References

Rico Gutierrez, M. (1999) Los modelos lineales en la mejora genetica animal. Ediciones Peninsular. ISBN 84-605-9910-8.

### See Also

`Pedigree`

### Examples

      generatePedigree(5)
      generatePedigree(nId=5, nGeneration=4, nFather=1, nMother=2)
      generatePedigree(nId=5, nGeneration=4, nFather=1, nMother=2,
                       start=0, generationOrder="decreasing")
      generatePedigree(nId=100, nGeneration=20, nFather=10, nMother=50)

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