addSpecies {FunctSNP}R Documentation

Adds a new species to the list of species recognized by FunctSNP

Description

Use this function to add a new species to the list of species recognized by FunctSNP. See the dbAutoMaker User Guide on building a custom database(available from http://www.csiro.au/science/dbAutoMaker.html). The custom database file must be saved in the extdata directory within the FunctSNP library directory and have the extension SNP.db

Usage

addSpecies(speciesCode,speciesName) 

Arguments

speciesCode A 3 letter species code. These should be the first 3 of the database name. Although there are no rigid naming conventions, all FunctSNP databases are named with the 3 letter code followed by SNP.db (e.g. btaSNP.db)
speciesName A name that represents the contents of the database. Usually the species name (e.g. Bos taurus)

Value

The function is called for its side-effect. It adds a new user species to the list of species recognized by FunctSNP.

Author(s)

S. J. Goodswen <Stephen.Goodswen@csiro.au>

See Also

userAddedSpecies

Examples

# Add custom database for Mus_musculus
addSpecies("mus","Mus_musculus")

[Package FunctSNP version 1.0-1 Index]