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qtl

Tools for Analyzing QTL Experiments

v1.74 · Dec 8, 2025 · GPL-3

Description

Analysis of experimental crosses to identify genes (called quantitative trait loci, QTLs) contributing to variation in quantitative traits. Broman et al. (2003) <doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btg112>.

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Code

Structure

Lines of code

89,714

Files

618

Compiled share

34.3%

Has compiled src

Yes

Language breakdown

R 39,141 (43.6%)C/C++/src 30,748 (34.3%)Tests 1,874 (2.1%)Docs 16,148 (18%)Vignettes 1,803 (2%)

API

Exported functions

197

Internal functions

26

Testing & CI

Has tests

Yes

Test-to-code ratio

0.05

testthat edition

CI present

No

CI type

[]

PR gated

No

Docs

Return-value doc rate

93.7%

\dontrun example ratio

5.1%

Roxygen coverage

100%

Has pkgdown

No

NEWS present

Yes

Health & Security signals

Informational signals; not verdicts.

on.exit coverage

65%

Unsafe pattern score

0

Dep constraint coverage

0%

Secret pattern count

0

Bundled 3rd-party code

2 items

Portability & License

Min R version

2.14.0

System requirements

C++ standard

License

GPL-3

License flags

SPDX valid, OSI approved

History

Versions

102

First release

2001-10-29

Latest release

2025-12-08

Avg cadence

48 days

Cold removal rate

100%

Dep drift

5

LOC over versions

v0.85-4: 11,791 LOCv0.92-3: 18,562 LOCv0.96-5: 23,368 LOCv0.97-21: 65,686 LOCv0.97-22: 65,686 LOCv2.0.0: 28,229 LOCv0.98-57: 28,229 LOCv0.99-22: 31,908 LOCv0.99-24: 31,946 LOCv2.1.1: 31,946 LOCv1.00-15: 32,336 LOCv1.00-16: 32,336 LOCv1.00-17: 32,337 LOCv2.2.0: 32,337 LOCv1.01-9: 32,872 LOCv2.2.1: 32,872 LOCv1.02-26: 34,706 LOCv1.03-14: 35,613 LOCv2.4.0: 35,613 LOCv1.04-52: 41,341 LOCv1.04-53: 41,336 LOCv2.4.1: 41,343 LOCv1.05-2: 41,343 LOCv1.06-43: 43,950 LOCv1.07-11: 44,961 LOCv2.6.0: 44,961 LOCv1.07-12: 44,952 LOCv2.6.1: 44,952 LOCv1.08-55: 51,013 LOCv2.7.0: 51,013 LOCv1.08-56: 51,013 LOCv1.09-43: 53,244 LOCv2.7.2: 53,244 LOCv1.10-27: 55,281 LOCv1.11-12: 56,940 LOCv2.9.0: 56,940 LOCv2.9.2: 60,321 LOCv1.12-26: 60,321 LOCv1.13-7: 60,699 LOCv2.10.0: 60,698 LOCv1.14-2: 60,698 LOCv1.15-15: 69,853 LOCv1.16-4: 70,005 LOCv2.11.1: 70,115 LOCv1.16-6: 70,115 LOCv1.17-39: 75,406 LOCv1.18-7: 75,558 LOCv2.12.0: 75,558 LOCv2.12.1: 76,678 LOCv1.19-20: 76,678 LOCv2.12.2: 76,968 LOCv1.20-15: 76,968 LOCv2.13.0: 77,008 LOCv1.21-2: 77,008 LOCv2.14.1: 77,358 LOCv1.22-21: 77,358 LOCv1.23-16: 78,592 LOCv2.15.0: 78,592 LOCv1.24-9: 78,613 LOCv2.15.1: 78,613 LOCv2.15.2: 79,178 LOCv1.25-15: 79,178 LOCv1.26-13: 79,284 LOCv1.26-14: 79,282 LOCv2.15.3: 79,282 LOCv1.27-10: 84,083 LOCv3.0.1: 84,083 LOCv1.28-19: 84,186 LOCv3.0.2: 84,186 LOCv1.29-2: 84,189 LOCv3.0.3: 84,254 LOCv1.30-4: 84,254 LOCv1.31-9: 84,444 LOCv1.32-10: 84,435 LOCv1.33-7: 85,432 LOCv1.34-16: 89,050 LOCv1.34-17: 89,050 LOCv1.35-1: 89,050 LOCv1.35-3: 89,048 LOCv1.36-6: 89,598 LOCv1.37-11: 89,619 LOCv1.38-4: 89,190 LOCv1.39-5: 89,424 LOCv1.40-8: 89,444 LOCv1.41-6: 89,491 LOCv1.42-7: 89,347 LOCv1.42-8: 89,345 LOCv1.44-9: 89,383 LOCv1.45-11: 89,599 LOCv1.46-2: 89,617 LOCv1.47-9: 89,733 LOCv1.48-1: 89,743 LOCv1.50: 89,744 LOCv1.52: 89,751 LOCv1.54: 89,752 LOCv1.58: 89,751 LOCv1.60: 89,753 LOCv1.62: 89,760 LOCv1.66: 89,763 LOCv1.70: 89,763 LOCv1.72: 89,765 LOCv1.74: 89,714 LOC

Per-file churn detail lives in the source pipeline: https://github.com/r-observatory/cran-code-metrics.

Reverse Dependencies (25)

Dependency Network

Dependencies Reverse dependencies QTL.gCIMapping.GUI ctl qtlhot qtlnet wgaim xoi PopVar QTL.gCIMapping dQTG.seq lineup mppR netgwas qtl2convert qtlcharts rNeighborQTL +10 more reverse deps qtl

Version History

77 tracked
new 1.74 Mar 10, 2026
updated 1.74 ← 1.72 diff Dec 7, 2025
updated 1.72 ← 1.70 diff Nov 18, 2025
updated 1.70 ← 1.66 diff Aug 21, 2024
updated 1.66 ← 1.62 diff Nov 26, 2023
updated 1.62 ← 1.60 diff Nov 16, 2023
updated 1.60 ← 1.58 diff Apr 17, 2023
updated 1.58 ← 1.54 diff Jan 6, 2023
updated 1.54 ← 1.52 diff Dec 1, 2022
updated 1.52 ← 1.50 diff Jul 8, 2022
updated 1.50 ← 1.48-1 diff Oct 5, 2021
updated 1.48-1 ← 1.47-9 diff Mar 26, 2021
updated 1.47-9 ← 1.46-2 diff Jan 6, 2021
updated 1.46-2 ← 1.45-11 diff Mar 11, 2020
updated 1.45-11 ← 1.44-9 diff Feb 1, 2020