lengthChromosome         package:quantsmooth         R Documentation

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_D_e_s_c_r_i_p_t_i_o_n:

     Retrieve chromosomal length from NCBI data

_U_s_a_g_e:

     lengthChromosome(chrom, units = c("cM", "bases", "ISCN"))

_A_r_g_u_m_e_n_t_s:

   chrom: chromosomal id, 1:22,X,Y

   units: 

_V_a_l_u_e:

     A numeric in the requested units

_A_u_t_h_o_r(_s):

     Jan Oosting

_E_x_a_m_p_l_e_s:

       # Show length of chromosome 1 in several types of units
       lengthChromosome(1,"cM")
       lengthChromosome(1,"bases")
       lengthChromosome(1,"ISCN")

