From 278985b8bd4c22e0858c6d9377cc41fe6233c253 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Ron Levine This tool takes a VCF and produces a binary pedigree as used by
- * PLINK, consisting of three associated files (.bed/.bim/.fam).
* A VCF file and a metadata file. *
* -*The metaData file can take two formats, the first of which is the first 6 lines of the standard pedigree file. This +*
The metaData file can take two formats, the first of which is the first 6 columns of the standard pedigree file. This * is what Plink describes as a .fam file. Note that the sex encoding convention is 1=male; 2=female; other=unknown. An example .fam file is as follows (note that there is no header):
** CEUTrio NA12878 NA12891 NA12892 2 -9 @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ import java.util.*; * *Outputs
*- * A binary pedigree in PLINK format, composed of three files (.bed/.bim/.fam). See the PLINK format specification for more details. + * A binary pedigree in PLINK format, composed of three files (.bed/.bim/.fam). See the PLINK format specification for more details. *
* *Example