How to fix chromosome number problems in PLINK
A short #tutorial to fix the incorrect chromosome number error in #PLINK, in case of a species with less chromosomes compared to humans.
When you work with a species with lower number of chromosomes than humans, you are not obliged to use the --chr-set option or any similar one in your script. This misght lead to problems down the line. This video demonstrates this problem on open access data, and shows how to fix it.
If you opt for recoding of the PLINK map file, here is the video tutorial to follow: • Update genomic map positions with PLINK
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Link to the video on map file chromosome and position update: • Update genomic map positions with PLINK
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