Importing and simulating data

Abstract

One of the more frustrating tasks associated with the use of any data analysis software concerns the importation of data. Data can be imported into R/qtl in a variety of formats, but users often have trouble with this step. In this chapter, we describe how to import QTL mapping data into R for use with R/qtl. We further discuss the simulation of QTL mapping data. In an optional section, we describe the internal format that R/qtl uses for QTL mapping data.