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* If your input VCF dosage file has '''males as diploids''', then just add handle <code>--samePoidy</code>. This will NOT generate sex information in the output PLINK <code>.fam</code> file.
 
* If your input VCF dosage file has '''males as diploids''', then just add handle <code>--samePoidy</code>. This will NOT generate sex information in the output PLINK <code>.fam</code> file.
** If you still need the sex column in <code>.fam</code> file to be correctly updated, then supply a sex file using <code>--sexFile SomeFile</code> where <code>SomeFile</code> has two columns: the first columns has the names of samples as found in the VCF file, the second columns has M or F.
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** If you still need the sex column in <code>.fam</code> file to be correctly updated, then supply a sex file using <code>--sexFile SomeFile</code> where <code>SomeFile</code> has two columns: the first column has the names of samples as found in the VCF file, the second columns has M (for males) or F (for females).
* If your input VCF dosage file has '''males as haploids''' and '''also has GT information''', the tool with automatically determine sex of the samples and report them in the output <code>.fam</code> file. No extra parameters are required.
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* If your input VCF dosage file has '''males as haploids''' and '''also has GT information''', the tool with automatically determine the sex of the samples and report them in the output <code>.fam</code> file. No extra parameters are required.
** If GT tags are NOT available, you would need to supply the sex file as described above.
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** If GT tags are NOT available, you would need to supply the sex file as described above. Otherwise it might crash.
    
= Command Line Options =
 
= Command Line Options =
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