makeGroupMembers

integer value indicating the number of groups that should be
formed from the list of IDs. Default is 1.

numGp

list of character vectors of IDs of animals currently
assigned to the group. Defaults to character(0) assuming no groups are
existent.

currentGroups

character vector of IDs of the animals available for
use in the group.

candidates

dataframe that is the `Pedigree`. It contains pedigree
information including the IDs listed in <code>candidates</code>.

logical variable when set to <code>TRUE</code>, the formed groups
have a single male at least <code>minAge</code> old.

harem

integer value indicating the minimum age to consider in group
formation. Pairwise kinships involving an animal of this age or younger will
 be ignored. Default is 1 year.

minAge

Convenience function to make the initial groupMembers animal list

Provides genetic tools for colony management and is a derivation
of the work in Amanda Vinson and Michael J Raboin (2015)
<https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4671785/> "A Practical
Approach for Designing Breeding Groups to Maximize Genetic Diversity in a
Large Colony of Captive Rhesus Macaques ('Macaca' 'mulatto')".
It provides a 'Shiny' application with an exposed API.
The application supports five groups of functions:
(1) Quality control of studbooks contained in text files or 'Excel'
workbooks and of pedigrees within 'LabKey' Electronic Health Records
(EHR);
(2) Creation of pedigrees from a list of animals using the 'LabKey' EHR
integration;
(3) Creation and display of an age by sex pyramid plot of the living
animals within the designated pedigree;
(4) Generation of genetic value analysis reports; and
(5) Creation of potential breeding groups with and without proscribed sex
ratios and defined maximum kinships.

makeGroupMembers: Convenience function to make the initial groupMembers animal list

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