title: Pelican: pedigree editor for linkage computer analysis.
abstract: CONCLUSIONS
  Linkage analysis software requires an input text file that describes the structure of the pedigrees to be analysed. Manual creation of these files is tedious and error-prone, and a graphical input tool is desirable. This is currently only available in commercial packages that include much greater functionality. We have therefore developed Pelican, a lightweight graphical pedigree editor for rapid construction of linkage pedigree files and diagrams.
  
  
  BACKGROUND
  The software runs on any Java-enabled machine (version 1.2 or higher). A Java Web Start launch, class files, a demonstration applet, source code and documentation are freely available at http://www.rfcgr.mrc.ac.uk/Software/PELICAN/
authors.affiliation: MRC Rosalind Franklin Centre for Genomics Research, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SB, UK.
authors.forename: Frank
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Dudbridge
authors.forename: Tim
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Carver
authors.forename: Gary W
authors.initials: GW
authors.lastname: Williams
mesh_terms: D002874:Chromosome Mapping / Q000379:methods*; D003196:Computer Graphics; D004282:Documentation / Q000379:methods*; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval / Q000379:methods*; D020407:Internet; D015810:Linkage Disequilibrium / Q000235:genetics*; D010375:Pedigree; D012984:Software; D014584:User-Computer Interface