title: Algorithms for a location database.
abstract: The algorithms that drive the ldb location database are described. The program captures data on genetic and physical maps and combines information from different sources into a summary map. To assure portability it was developed in Fortran on a SUN SPARCStation under Unix. The algorithms, which combine rule-based seriation with a minimum deviance bootstrap, allow investigators and chromosome committees to produce a composite location in Mb that integrates partial maps. The program and manual are now available from the authors.
authors.affiliation: CRC Research Group in Genetic Epidemiology, University of Southampton, U.K.
authors.forename: N E
authors.initials: NE
authors.lastname: Morton
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Collins
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lawrence
authors.forename: D C
authors.initials: DC
authors.lastname: Shields
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D002874:Chromosome Mapping; D016208:Databases, Factual; D016045:Human Genome Project; D006801:Humans