GMT Tutorial Exercise 22 - Workflow 1 - Step 1 6

Prepare a BINNER input file

• Create a *.txt file with a list of the MRT^TM marker names you would like to bin.
  • In Excel:
    1. Write the MRT^TM marker names in the first folumn of a spreadsheet.
    2. Save the worksheet as a tab-delimited *.txt file
       • Excel 2003: Select File » Save As » Save as Type: "Text Document (*.txt)"
       • Excel 2007: Select Office button » Save As » Other Formats » Save as Type: "Text Document (*.txt)"
  • In Notepad:
    1. Write the MRT^TM marker names into separate rows of a Notepad document without any other types of separators (e.g. commas, spaces, etc.)
    2. Save the file.

• There is no limit to the number of markers that can be binned at a time.

• Ensure that the list has no header row.

• An example of a BINNER input file is shown below:

ta0018
ta0035
ta0037
ta0040
ta0121
ta0123
ta0176
ta0230
ta0257
ta0289
ta0402
ta0505
ta0552
ta0657