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Bioinformatics Advance Access published online on April 1, 2004
Bioinformatics, doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/bth231
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Received November 27, 2003
Revised January 20, 2004
Accepted February 5, 2004

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Pelican: pedigree editor for linkage computer analysis

Frank Dudbridge 1*, Tim Carver 1, Gary W. Williams 1

1 MRC Rosalind Franklin Centre for Genomics Research, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SB, UK

* To whom correspondence should be addressed. E-mail: f.dudbridge{at}rfcgr.mrc.ac.uk; support@rfcgr.mrc.ac.uk.


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Summary: 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.

Availability: 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/.

Contact: support@rfcgr.mrc.ac.uk.


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