Calcsim2

Description

Calcsim2.sh is a script which is used for power simulations by using SLINK.

Usage

Command is:

    calcsim2.sh

Input files are:

Datafile (simdata.dat)

Create datafile by using makedata (or preplink) program with one disease loci and one marker loci. Marker loci have to have 4 alleles and allele set frequences for each allele 0.25.

Makedata steps:

Use your own disease model, not which are in this example!

    Makedata 1.4 (06/17/1999). This program creates data files for linkage
    analysis. Maxlocus 60. Made by Tero Juntunen
         
    How many marker loci?
    1
    Is this set of markers?
    (1) Autosomal
    (2) Sexlinked
    1
    What is the assumed frequecy of the disease allele?
    0.001				                                
    How many liability classes?
    1
    Please enter penetrances for liability class 1.
    P(Aff|DD)   P(Aff|D+)   P(Aff|++)
    1.0 1.0 0
    What is the largest number of alleles at any markers?
    4
    Do you want to specify recombination fraction between markers?
    (0=No, 1=Yes, 2=AUTOSCAN option)
    0
    Indata.dat created! Run downfreq to eliminate alleles
    and calculate correct allele frequences.	

Now edit indata.dat file and change second last line:

0.00 if you have candidate gene model
0.05 genomescan model

Save file as simdata.dat

Pedigree file (simpre.dat)

Pedigree file is pre-makeped format linkage pedigree file and columns are:

    Column 1: Pedigree identifier           { The identifier can be a number
    Column 2: Individual's ID               { or a character string

    Column 3: The individual's father       { If the person is a founder, just put a
    Column 4: The individual's mother       { 0 in each column.

    Column 5: Sex                           { 1 = Male, 2 = Female, Unknown sex is not permitted
    Column 6: Affection status              { Disease and marker phenotypes
    Column 7: 0                             { See Terwilliger JD & Ott J (1994) for details
    Column 8: 0                             { See Terwilliger JD & Ott J (1994) for details
    Column 9: 0 or 2                        { set this column to 2 if you have DNA (e.g. typed) 
                                              or 0 if you don't have DNA (e.g. untyped) 
Save file as simpre.dat

slinkin.dat

    Line 1: random seed         
    Line 2: number of replicates
    Line 3: locus number of trait locus
    Line 4: the proportion of unlinked families

Example:

    26710
    100
    1
    0

limit.dat

    1 2 3

See Terwilliger JD & Ott J (1994) for details.

Finally execute calcsim2.sh.

Results

See results from msim.dat

Author

Script by Tero Hiekkalinna

Documentation and for more info

Page 254: Handbook of Human Genetic Linkage, Joseph D. Terwilliger and Jurg Ott. Johns Hopkins University Press, Baltimore (1994)