autohint {kinship}R Documentation

Align a pedigree to print well

Description

A pedigree structure can contain a hints matrix which helps to reorder the pedigree (e.g. left-to-right order of children within family) so as to plot with minimal distortion. This routine is called by the pedigree function to create an intial hints matrix.

Usage

autohint(ped)

Arguments

ped a pedigree structure

Details

This routine would not normally be called by a user. It moves children within families, so that marriages are on the "edge" of a set children, closest to the spouse. For pedigrees that have only a single connection between two families this simple-minded approach works surprisingly well. For more complex structures either hand-tuning of the hints matrix, or use of the besthint routine will usually be required.

Value

a two column hints matrix

See Also

pedigree, besthint


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