get.nearest.informative {MDSMap}

For a given marker finds the nearest neighbours with LOD scores > 0.

Description

Finds the nearest neighbours of a marker with LOD scores > 0.

Usage

get.nearest.informative(loci, lodmap)

Arguments

loci

Scalar indicating a marker number

lodmap

Symmetric matrix of pairwise LOD scores

Details

The columns and rows of the matrix should be in the order corresponding to the estimated map order. The function then returns the ranks of first markers to the left and right of the marker of interest with non-zero lod scores.

Value

A vector of length 1 or 2 containing the rank of the nearest informative markers.