title: Mega2: data-handling for facilitating genetic linkage and association analyses.
abstract: Mega2, the manipulation environment for genetic analysis, transparently allows users to process genetic data for family-based or case/control studies accurately and efficiently. In addition to data validation checks, Mega2 provides analysis setup capabilities for a broad choice of commonly used genetic analysis programs, including SimWalk2, ASPEX, GeneHunter, SLINK, SIMULATE, S.A.G.E., SOLAR, Vitesse, Allegro, PREST, PAP, Loki, Merlin and MENDEL.
  
  
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authors.affiliation: Department of Human Genetics, Graduate School of Public Health, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA 15261, USA.
authors.forename: Nandita
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Mukhopadhyay
authors.forename: Lee
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Almasy
authors.forename: Mark
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Schroeder
authors.forename: William P
authors.initials: WP
authors.lastname: Mulvihill
authors.forename: Daniel E
authors.initials: DE
authors.lastname: Weeks
mesh_terms: D002874:Chromosome Mapping / Q000379:methods*; D003628:Database Management Systems; D030541:Databases, Genetic; D016247:Information Storage and Retrieval; D015810:Linkage Disequilibrium / Q000235:genetics*; D012984:Software; D018511:Systems Integration; D014584:User-Computer Interface