FASTLINK
Description
FASTLINK is a software package to do the computations for genetic linkage analysis. FASTLINK has been used in over 800 published genetic linkage studies.
Programs in this package including:
- ilink
- lcp
- linkmap
- lodscore
- lrp
- lsp
- makeped
- mlink
- unknown
Version
Type mlink on command line
Sample session
% mlink Program MLINK version 5.10 (1-Feb-1991) FASTLINK version 4.1P (30-Jun-1999) The program constants are set to the following maxima: 8 loci in mapping problem (maxlocus) 25 alleles at a single locus (maxall) 50000 maximum of censoring array (maxcensor) 5000 individuals in all pedigrees combined (maxind) 1500 pedigrees (maxped) 25 binary codes at a single locus (maxfact) 3 quantitative factor(s) at a single locus 60 liability classes 25 binary codes at a single locus 2.00 base scaling factor for likelihood (scale) 2.00 scale multiplier for each locus (scalemult) 0.00000 frequency for elimination of heterozygotes (minfreq)
Documentation
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/CBBresearch/Schaffer/fastlink.html
[Paper 1] [Paper 2] [Paper 3] [Paper 4] [Loops in Fastlink] [Pedigree traversal] [UNKNOWN docs] (PDF)