title: Peditree: pedigree database analysis and visualization for breeding and science.
abstract: At the Wageningen Laboratory of Plant Breeding, a software package has been developed to query a simple structured database with variety pedigree data. The package, called Peditree, creates a tree-shaped representation of pedigree information and has several visualization and lookup options. Estimates of inbreeding coefficient within a pedigree or coefficients of coancestry among pedigrees can be obtained. Furthermore trait data--if available--can be linked, displayed within the pedigree tree, and used to highlight pedigree entries that comply with set criteria.
authors.affiliation: Laboratory of Plant Breeding, Wageningen University and Research Centre, P.O. Box 386, NL-6700 AJ Wageningen, The Netherlands.
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: van Berloo
authors.forename: R C B
authors.initials: RC
authors.lastname: Hutten
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D016208:Databases, Factual; D005260:Female; D008297:Male; D008957:Models, Genetic; D010375:Pedigree; D010802:Phylogeny; D012984:Software