What programs are available to help detect errors in linkage data?
By linkage data, I mean any genetic-linkage dataset, not just those for the Lathrop Linkage package. This is an important question, and I simply do not know the answer. I’ve used the crimap-chrompic option, and played with xpic/phap a little bit, but I really hope some people send me some information on this topic. • What is Cyrllic? [P Janssens; 22may94] Cyrillic is a pedigree editor, with facilities for including marker data, you can then ask it to interface with LINKAGE, i.e. it creates the input files for MAKEPED, and runs the whole show. It is Windows based, so input of the pedigree is very efficient. You also have a data form associated with each individual where you can store names, DNA numbers, etc. If you want I can email you version 1.11, to have a look at. They also have technical support by email from Oxford. Let me know if you are interested. I had to learn to use the program here, and teach everyone else in the lab. Just before I started working here they had bought it. I
