Given a pedigree, the function assigns the generation number to which each individual belongs.
genAssign(pedigree, ...)# S3 method for default
genAssign(pedigree, ...)
# S3 method for numPed
genAssign(pedigree, ...)
A vector of values is returned. This vector is in the same order as the ID column of the pedigree.
A pedigree where the columns are ordered ID, Dam, Sire
Arguments to be passed to methods
0 is the base population.
Migrants, or any individuals where both parents are unknown, are assigned to generation zero. If parents of an individual are from two different generations (e.g., dam = 0 and sire = 1), the individual is assigned to the generation following the greater of the two parents (e.g., 2 in this example).