# Is the \*.ped the bed genotype matrix file?

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**Created:** [June 3, 2026, 7:54pm UTC](https://isgw-forum.colorado.edu/t/is-the-ped-the-bed-genotype-matrix-file/779 "2026-06-03T19:54:17Z")
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### Author: ![anonymous](https://isgw-forum.colorado.edu/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/8491ac/32.png) [@anonymous](https://isgw-forum.colorado.edu/u/anonymous)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2026, 7:54pm UTC](https://isgw-forum.colorado.edu/t/is-the-ped-the-bed-genotype-matrix-file/779/1 "2026-06-03T19:54:18Z")

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is the \*.ped the bed genotype matrix file?

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### Author: ![anonymous](https://isgw-forum.colorado.edu/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/8491ac/32.png) [@anonymous](https://isgw-forum.colorado.edu/u/anonymous)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2026, 7:54pm UTC](https://isgw-forum.colorado.edu/t/is-the-ped-the-bed-genotype-matrix-file/779/2 "2026-06-03T19:54:26Z")

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They hold similar data, but .bed is a different format (binary, not human-readable as a text file)

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### Author: ![anonymous](https://isgw-forum.colorado.edu/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/a/8491ac/32.png) [@anonymous](https://isgw-forum.colorado.edu/u/anonymous)
#### Post date: [June 3, 2026, 7:54pm UTC](https://isgw-forum.colorado.edu/t/is-the-ped-the-bed-genotype-matrix-file/779/3 "2026-06-03T19:54:34Z")

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it is a txt based version of the data in the verbose format