plinkFile (Q138986)

Reads/write binary genotype file compatible with 'PLINK' <https://www.cog-genomics.org/plink/1.9/input#bed> into/from a R matrix; traverse genotype data one windows of variants at a time, like apply() or a for loop; reads/writes genotype relatedness/kinship matrices created by 'PLINK' <https://www.cog-genomics.org/plink/1.9/distance#make_rel> or 'GCTA' <https://cnsgenomics.com/software/gcta/#MakingaGRM> into/from a R square matrix. It is best used for bringing data produced by 'PLINK' and 'GCTA' into R workflow.