Mrode {GeneticsPed} | R Documentation

## Pedigree and data examples

### Description

Various pedigree and data examples

### Usage

    data(Falconer5.1)
    data(Mrode2.1)
    data(Mrode3.1)

### Format

`Falconer5.1` is a rather complex (inbreed) pedigree example from book by Falconer and Mackay (1996) - page 84 with 18 individuals and following columns:

sub

  individual

fat

  father

mot

  mother

`Mrode2.1` is an extended pedigree example from book by Mrode (2005) - page 27 with 6 individuals and following columns:

sub

  individual

fat

  father

mot

  mother

fam

  family

sex

  sex

gen

  generation

dtB

  date of birth

`Mrode3.1` is a pedigree and data example from book by Mrode (2005) - page 43: it shows a beef breeding scenario with 8 individuals (animals), where 5 of them have phenotypic records (pre-weaning gain) and 3 three of them are without records and link others through the pedigree:

calf

  calf

sex

  sex of a calf

sire

  father of a calf

dam

  mother of a calf

pwg

  pre-weaning gain of a calf in kg

### References

Falconer, D. S. and Mackay, T. F. C. (1996) Introduction to Quantitative Genetics. 4th edition. Longman, Essex, U.K. http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0582243025

Mrode, R. A. (2005) Linear models for the prediction of animal breeding values. 2nd edition. CAB International. ISBN 0-85199-000-2 http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0851990002

### Examples

      data(Falconer5.1)
      Pedigree(x=Falconer5.1, subject="sub", ascendant=c("fat", "mot"))

      data(Mrode2.1)
      Mrode2.1$dtB <- as.Date(Mrode2.1$dtB)
      Pedigree(x=Mrode2.1, subject="sub", ascendant=c("fat", "mot"),
               ascendantSex=c("M", "F"), family="fam", sex="sex",
               generation="gen", dtBirth="dtB")

      data(Mrode3.1)
      Pedigree(x=Mrode3.1, subject="calf", ascendant=c("sire", "dam"),
               ascendantSex=c("Male", "Female"), sex="sex")

[Package GeneticsPed version 1.56.0 Index]