cchar, v. 1.6: Count characters in sequence data.
cpg, v. 0.7: Compute the CpG content of DNA sequences.
cutSeq, v. 0.11: Cut regions from molecular sequences.
generateQuerySbjct, v. 0.4: Generate pairs of homologous DNA sequences.
gd, v. 0.12: Calculate genetic diversity (pi, S, and Tajima's D) from aligned DNA sequences with or without sliding window.
getSeq, v. 0.4: Get specific sequences from a FASTA file containing multiple entries.
ms2dna, v. 1.16: Generate samples of homologous DNA sequences evolved under defined evolutionary scenarios by converting the output of Richard Hudson's coalescent simulation program ms. As of version 1.11, it can also deal with output generated by Gary Chen's fast coalescent simulator MaCS using the pipeline macs [options] | msformatter | ms2dna -a.
randomizeSeq, v. 0.8: Randomize sequences.
sequencer, v. 1.14: Simulate shotgun sequencing with paired (as of version 1.11) or unpaired reads and a user-defined error rate.
simK, v. 0.4: Simulate pair of sequences with given number of substitutions/site (K).
The rpanel package has two aims. The first is to provide tools which make the construction of gui control panels for R applications as easy as possible. The package is aimed at those who know R but are not familiar with the technicalities of the various gui construction systems which are available. The rpanel package is built on rtcltk and manages the process of communication so that controls can be constructed directly by R simple function calls.