Re: [PATCH] gnu: Add r-qtl.

[Pjotr Prins]

I checked with the author and he is fine with your version. 

Personally I think it is clear from the name that it is an R package,
so that may be superfluous. But then, who knows R ;)

Pj.


On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 06:56:06PM +0200, Andreas Enge wrote:
> On Fri, Sep 18, 2015 at 06:15:01PM +0200, Pjotr Prins wrote:
> > Well, unless someone comes up with a 'proper' description I don't 
> > think we'll get anywhere. Tell me what you want to see. We can't
> > explain the whole field of genetics in one line.
> 
> Well, I think the package author is the most qualified to write a
> description :-)  But let us break the cycle; I am ready to make a suggestion
> that you as a specialist may easily improve, I suppose.
> 
> Synopsis:
> R package for analyzing QTL experiments in genetics
> 
> I think it is good to have "R package" somewhere, and "genetics", which I
> understand as a layman (and then I do not understand QTL, but that does not
> matter since as you said, if I knew genetics, I would probably understand
> QTL.) Hm, as a layman, "R package" is also not very understandable.
> 
> So how about:
> Analysis tools for genetic QTL experiments in the R statistics system
> Too long!
> 
> So:
> Tools for genetic QTL experiments in the R system
> 
> 
> Description: I think the point of critique was mainly that it should
> consist of full sentences with a verb ("blabla is a foo" instead of "foo",
> a minima). So maybe this:
> 
> "R/qtl is an extension library for the R statistics system.  It is used
> to analyze experimental crosses for identifying genes contributing to
> variation in quantitative traits (so-called quantitative trait loci, QTLs).
> 
> Using a hidden Markov model, R/qtl allows to estimate genetic maps, to
> identify genotyping errors, and to perform single-QTL and two-QTL,
> two-dimensional genome scans."
> 
> (With some inspiration from the fine web site, of course...)
> 
> Andreas
> 

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