[R-sig-genetics] R/genetics packages on github

[Jombart, Thibaut]

Dear all

following the "population genetics in R" hackathon organized by Hilmar Lapp at NESCent (NC) last month, a bunch of R packages for genetic data analysis are now being developed in a collaborative, and coordinated way on Github. Several of them are undergoing major changes to improve data interoperability, minimize redundancies across packages, scale better for large genomic datasets, and implement new functionalities. 

The list includes:
- adegenet: https://github.com/thibautjombart/adegenet
- apex (new package): https://github.com/thibautjombart/apex
- hierfstat: https://github.com/jgx65/hierfstat
- minautor (new package): https://github.com/NESCent/MINOTAUR
- pegas: https://github.com/emmanuelparadis/pegas
- phangorn: https://github.com/KlausVigo/phangorn
- poppr: https://github.com/zkamvar/poppr
- strataG: https://github.com/EricArcher/strataG

The development versions can be installed from R directly using (example with adegenet):
library("devtools")
install_github("thibautjombart/adegenet")

If curious, visit the respective pages on github to track the development, join the development teams, post feature requests / bugs reports / discuss with the developers (all made simple using the 'issue' system). 

Watch this space for more news on this topic!

Best
Thibaut
    
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Dr Thibaut Jombart
MRC Centre for Outbreak Analysis and Modelling
Department of Infectious Disease Epidemiology
Imperial College - School of Public Health
Norfolk Place, London W2 1PG, UK
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http://sites.google.com/site/thibautjombart/
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http://adegenet.r-forge.r-project.org/

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