ibsDist {snpStats} | R Documentation

## Distance matrix based on identity by state (IBS)

### Description

Expresses a matrix of IBS counts (see `ibsCount`) as a distance matrix. The distance between two samples is returned as the proportion of allele comparisons which are not IBS.

### Usage

    ibsDist(counts)

### Arguments

`counts` | A matrix of IBS counts as produced by the function `ibsCount`

### Value

An object of class `"dist"` (see `dist`)

### Author(s)

David Clayton dc208@cam.ac.uk

### See Also

`ibsCount`, `dist`

### Examples

    data(testdata)
    ibs <- ibsCount(Xchromosome)
    distance <- ibsDist(ibs)

[Package snpStats version 1.40.0 Index]