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paramlink

Parametric Linkage and Other Pedigree Analysis in R

v1.1-6 · Jul 21, 2025 · GPL (>= 2)

Description

NOTE: 'PARAMLINK' HAS BEEN SUPERSEDED BY THE 'PEDSUITE' PACKAGES (<https://magnusdv.github.io/pedsuite/>). 'PARAMLINK' IS MAINTAINED ONLY FOR LEGACY PURPOSES AND SHOULD NOT BE USED IN NEW PROJECTS. A suite of tools for analysing pedigrees with marker data, including parametric linkage analysis, forensic computations, relatedness analysis and marker simulations. The core of the package is an implementation of the Elston-Stewart algorithm for pedigree likelihoods, extended to allow mutations as well as complex inbreeding. Features for linkage analysis include singlepoint LOD scores, power analysis, and multipoint analysis (the latter through a wrapper to the 'MERLIN' software). Forensic applications include exclusion probabilities, genotype distributions and conditional simulations. Data from the 'Familias' software can be imported and analysed in 'paramlink'. Finally, 'paramlink' offers many utility functions for creating, manipulating and plotting pedigrees with or without marker data (the actual plotting is done by the 'kinship2' package).

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Code

Structure

Lines of code

12,602

Files

101

Compiled share

0%

Has compiled src

No

Language breakdown

R 8,971 (71.2%)Docs 3,631 (28.8%)

API

Exported functions

93

Internal functions

75

Recent export changes

v1.1-4+2 hasCA, kinship_coefs  −1 kinship.coeff
v1.1-2+3 LR, readFamiliasLoci, showInTriangle

Testing & CI

Has tests

No

Test-to-code ratio

0.00

testthat edition

CI present

No

CI type

[]

PR gated

No

Docs

Return-value doc rate

87.2%

\dontrun example ratio

2.2%

Roxygen coverage

100%

Has pkgdown

No

NEWS present

Yes

Health & Security signals

Informational signals; not verdicts.

on.exit coverage

83.3%

Unsafe pattern score

0

Dep constraint coverage

0%

Secret pattern count

0

Bundled 3rd-party code

2 items

Portability & License

Min R version

3.3

System requirements

2

C++ standard

License

GPL (>= 2)

License flags

SPDX valid, OSI approved

History

Versions

17

First release

2011-10-08

Latest release

2025-07-21

Avg cadence

146 days

Cold removal rate

100%

Dep drift

11

LOC over versions

v0.3-1: 2,275 LOCv0.6-1: 3,811 LOCv0.2-1: 2,112 LOCv0.7-0: 5,123 LOCv0.8-0: 4,744 LOCv0.8-3: 5,167 LOCv0.9-1: 6,052 LOCv0.9-6: 7,077 LOCv0.9-7: 7,191 LOCv0.9-8: 7,316 LOCv0.9-9: 7,558 LOCv1.1-0: 8,725 LOCv1.1-1: 12,326 LOCv1.1-2: 12,473 LOCv1.1-4: 12,600 LOCv1.1-5: 12,604 LOCv1.1-6: 12,602 LOC

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Dependency Network

Dependencies Reverse dependencies assertthat kinship2 maxLik paramlink

Version History

18 tracked
new 1.1-6 Mar 10, 2026
updated 1.1-6 ← 1.1-5 diff Jul 20, 2025
updated 1.1-5 ← 1.1-4 diff Apr 14, 2022
updated 1.1-4 ← 1.1-2 diff Feb 20, 2022
updated 1.1-2 ← 1.1-1 diff Jan 4, 2018
updated 1.1-1 ← 1.1-0 diff Aug 13, 2017
updated 1.1-0 ← 0.9-9 diff Mar 12, 2017
updated 0.9-9 ← 0.9-8 diff Oct 16, 2016
updated 0.9-8 ← 0.9-7 diff Apr 27, 2016
updated 0.9-7 ← 0.9-6 diff Jul 2, 2015
updated 0.9-6 ← 0.9-1 diff Mar 31, 2014
updated 0.9-1 ← 0.8-3 diff Apr 14, 2013
updated 0.8-3 ← 0.8-0 diff Apr 2, 2013
updated 0.8-0 ← 0.7-0 diff Dec 11, 2012
updated 0.7-0 ← 0.6-1 diff Aug 9, 2012