Description

Mega stands for Manipulation Environment for Genetic Analyses. Mega2 is a data-handling program for facilitating genetic linkage and association analyses.

Version

Type mega2 on command line

Sample session

% mega2
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                          MEGA2 4.0 beta R1
  by Daniel E. Weeks, Nandita Mukhopadhyay, Lee W. Almasy,
            William Mullvihill and Mark Schroeder
     Copyright (c) 1997-2007 The University of Pittsburgh
     Last updated: Dec 11 2007, 10:06:38, valid until June 15, 2008.
     Mega2 comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY.
See LICENSE.txt for terms of copying, modifying & redistributing Mega2.
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                 Mega2 input menu:
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0) Done with this menu - please proceed
 1) Input file extension:             01
 2) Locus datafile:                   _
 3) Pedigree datafile:                _
 4) Map datafile:                     _
 5) Omit datafile (optional):         _
 6) Frequency datafile (optional):    _
 7) Penetrance datafile (optional):    _
 8) Directory for writing output:     [ Current directory ]
 9) Simulate genotyping errors:       [no ]
 10) Include all pedigrees whether typed or not (based on fully_typed genotypes)
 11) Warn if allele frequency error measure exceeds: No limit
Select from options 0-11 (9 to toggle) >

Documentation

http://watson.hgen.pitt.edu/docs/mega2_html/mega2.html