chromosomeSize            package:SNPchip            R Documentation

_S_i_z_e _o_f _c_h_r_o_m_o_s_o_m_e _i_n _n_u_m_b_e_r _o_f _b_a_s_e _p_a_i_r_s.

_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Size of chromosome in base pairs.

_U_s_a_g_e:

     chromosomeSize(chromosome, build="hg18", verbose=FALSE)

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

chromosome: character string for the chromosome, e.g., "1", ..., "22",
          "X", or "Y"

   build: character string: genome build.  Currently only 'hg18' is
          provided.

 verbose: Logical.  If TRUE, build is displayed

_V_a_l_u_e:

     Numerical vector.

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

     Robert Scharpf

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

     chromosomeSize("1", verbose=TRUE)

