Detects sample gender based on coverage and segmentation data, and returns the predicted gender.
If gender information is missing or set to "unknown", the function will infer gender automatically.
Usage
Runcheckgender(cov, seg, gender, out_dir, prefix)
Arguments
- cov
Data frame. Coverage data.
- seg
Character. Path to segmentation data file.
- gender
Character. Provided gender information; use "unknown" to trigger automatic detection.
Value
Character. Predicted gender ("male" or "female").