Pelican: pedigree editor for linkage computer analysis.
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/
Dudbridge
Frank
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MRC Rosalind Franklin Centre for Genomics Research, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SB, UK.
Carver
Tim
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Williams
Gary W
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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