PlinkMatrix
This is the development version of PlinkMatrix; for the stable release version, see PlinkMatrix.
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3.24 (devel), 3.23 (release)
DelayedArray interface for plink bed files
Bioconductor version: 3.24 · Package version: 1.1.0
This package provides a DelayedArray interface for plink bed files. There is support for interfacing to plink genotype data via RangedSummarizedExperiment. Example data from the GEUVADIS project (internationalgenome.org) are used for demonstration.
Author: Vince Carey [aut, cre] 
, NHGRI U24HG004059 [fnd]
Maintainer: Vince Carey <stvjc at channing.harvard.edu>
Citation
From within R, enter citation("PlinkMatrix"):
Vince Carey. PlinkMatrix: DelayedArray interface for plink bed files. doi:10.18129/B9.bioc.PlinkMatrix, R package version 1.1.0, https://bioconductor.org/packages/PlinkMatrix.
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Installation
To install this package, start R (version "4.6") and enter:
if (!require("BiocManager", quietly = TRUE))
install.packages("BiocManager")
## The following initializes the development version of Bioconductor
BiocManager::install(version = "devel")
BiocManager::install("PlinkMatrix")For older versions of R, please refer to the appropriate Bioconductor release.
Details
| Version | 1.1.0 |
| License | MIT + file LICENSE |
| URL | https://github.com/vjcitn/PlinkMatrix |
| Bug Reports | https://github.com/vjcitn/PlinkMatrix/issues |
| Last updated | 2026-04-28 |
| In Bioconductor since | BioC 3.23 (R-4.6) (less than a year) |
| Downloads rank | 2295 of 2,456 |
| Source branch | devel |
| Build report | Bioconductor build system, r-universe |
| biocViews | Genetics, Infrastructure, Software |
| Package Short Url | https://bioconductor.org/packages/PlinkMatrix/ |
Documentation
To view documentation for the version of this package installed in your system, start R and enter:
browseVignettes("PlinkMatrix")| PlinkMatrix: DelayedArray interface to plink bed-type files | HTML | R Script |
| Reference Manual | ||
| NEWS | Text |
Download
Follow the installation instructions to use this package in your R session.
| Source package | PlinkMatrix_1.1.0.tar.gz |
| Windows binary (x86_64) | PlinkMatrix_1.1.0.zip |
| macOS binary (arm64) | PlinkMatrix_1.1.0.tgz |
| macOS binary (x86_64) | PlinkMatrix_1.1.0.tgz |
| Source Repository | git clone https://git.bioconductor.org/packages/PlinkMatrix |
| Source Repository (Developer Access) | git clone git@git.bioconductor.org:packages/PlinkMatrix |
| Package Downloads Report | Download Stats |
Dependencies
Depends: R (>= 4.1.0), methods, Rcpp, DelayedArray, SummarizedExperiment
Imports: BiocFileCache, GenomicRanges, IRanges
LinkingTo: Rcpp
Suggests: knitr, BiocStyle, testthat, rmarkdown, irlba, GenomeInfoDb