GWASpoly: R package for GWAS in autopolyploids

Many of software packages are now available for performing GWAS in diploids however software packages are limited in autopolyploids and many of genecists working in polyploids use diploid softwares by diploidizing their data or treating markers as dominant. In this situation there are chances of loss information if the underlying QTL is of additive nature.

Thus GWASpoly is written in publicably available platform R that can fit the needs specific to autopolyploids -

(a) Different polyploid genetic models exploiting all dosage information

(b) Faster algorithm (P3D) and parallel processing

(c) Determining significant threshold (permutation, false discovery rate)

(d) Compute relationship matrix

(e) Publication ready and customizable plots