pedtools 2.8.1

New features

• New function trim() for iterative removal of uninformative (for instance: untyped) pedigree leaves.

• New function nChildren() returning the number of children for one of more pedigree members.

• findLoopBreakers() is significantly faster in large pedigrees, due to code improvements in inbreedingLoops().

Other

• Fixed bug in removeIndividuals() resulting in ill-formed ped lists in some cases.
• Brush up documentation