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WHAT'S NEW in
linkage analysis software list
(2003)

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• 12/22/03
  SIBSIM : simulate genotype and phenotype data in pedigrees
  WEBQTL : search QTL databases

• 12/04/03
  HAPLOVIEW : common interface for haplotype analysis

• 11/24/03
  PBAT : power calculation of family-based association tests

• 11/13/03
  QTL EXPRESS :
  a new version of FBAT that can handle haplotypes in family-based association analysis.

• 10/11/03
  BAMA : Bayesian Analysis of Multilocus Association

• 10/30/03
  HAPLO.SCORE is replaced by HAPLO.STAT

• 10/22/03
  FAMOZ : parentage (father/mother) studies

• 10/21/03
  MAPMAKER/PEDMANAGER : an old program from 1997

• 10/08/03
  OSA : ordered subset analysis
  SIBLINK : multi-point IBD analysis
  SIMLA : simulation for linkage and association studies

• 10/07/03
  UNPHASED : association analysis of haplotypes from unphased genotype data
  GSMA : genome scan meta analysis
  L-POP : detect population stratification
  PL-EM : partition-ligation EM algorithm for haplotype reconstruction for SNPs
  EM-DECODER : Bayesian haplotype reconstruction for SNPs

• 09/23/03
  EHP.R : estimation of haplotype frequencies for pooled DNA samples

• 09/23/03
  EMLD : calculation of LD for SNP data using EM algorithm

• 09/18/03
  ASPEX has a new website: http://aspex.sourceforge.net/

• 09/16/03
  HELIXTREE : complex genotype software

• 09/02/03
  FASTER : family smart eliminator.
  PHASE version2 is released.

• 08/29/03
  ADMIXMAP : admixture mapping

• 05/22/03
  GENEFINDER : multipoint IBD analysis that provides confidence intervals.
  

• 05/14/03
  CHECKHET : detect genetic outliers in case-control samples
  STRUCTURE : investigate population structure by multi-locus genotype
  STRAT : a companion program to STRUCTURE, for use in association mapping, enabling valid case-control studies even in the presence of population structure.

• 04/28/03
  MMDRAWER : drawing chromosome map from MAPMAKER/EXP's output.
  SNP ASSISTANT

• 04/07/03
  RC-TDT : SAS macro to calculate "reconstruction-combined" TDT.
  TDTPOWER : SAS macro for power calculation in TDT.
  also, see Michael Knapp's software for distribution page
  FSPEED: a fast calculation of Wright's coefficient of inbreeding

• 03/20/03
  PEDIGREE-VISUALIZER : a web-based pedigree drawing program
  GENEWEAVER : a software for charting family medical history
  GENOGRAM-MAKER : a software for drawing "genograms"
  FTM : family tree marker

• 03/10/03
  FINETTI : testing association of SNP markers in case/control data

• 02/12/03
  LOCUSMAP , PEDIGRAPH
  LOKI has a new homepage: http://loki.homeunix.net

• 01/29/03
  SUPERLINK : linkage analysis on larger pedigrees

• 01/23/03
  CMAP : comparative genetic and physical maps

• 01/07/03
  HAPLOBLOCK , HAPBLOCK , HAPLOBLOCKFINDER , HAP ,

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