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• gebvtest_mergefiles

GEBVtest Merged Files

The gebvtest.py program offers an option (-m, --mergefiles) to create a file of merged Cf/Df/Cr/Gr records as a convenience to the user. These files can make it easier to check for the correctness of the input datasets and they can be used to perform additional checks and/or statistical analyses, using R or SAS,for example.

Two sets of files are created for each of the trait analysed:

• One file containing information on the base adjustment performed by the software (trait_bEtDGbase.csv)

• One file to perform additional tests (trait_bEtDG_test.csv).

Please see the file format below.

By default, the files are created in directory DATADIR/merged. The merged files do not have a _POPBRD extension, so if you would like to create files for more than one population or breed, you should also supply the -M, --mergedir option with a different destination directory for each population/breed. The destination directory can be an absolute path, or it can be relative to the programs directory (eg. ../sample_data/my_merges). The directory will be created automatically if it does not exist.

File format trait_bEtDGbase.csv

The file is in comma-separated-variable (csv) format, using commas as the separator.