Computer software for performing likelihood tests of pedigree relationship using genetic markers

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Abstract

Molecular techniques are making ever more genetic markers available for use in parentage assignment, and measures of relatedness. We present a program, Kinship, designed to use likelihood techniques to test for any non-inbred pedigree relationship between pairs of individuals, using single-locus codominant genetic markers. Kinship calculates the likelihood that each pair of individuals in a data set are related by a given pedigree hypothesis, and likelihood ratios for any pair of hypotheses. The program also uses a simulation routine to attach statistical significance to its results.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1231-1234
Number of pages4
JournalMolecular Ecology
Volume8
Issue number7
DOIs
StatePublished - 1999

Keywords

  • Kinship
  • Likelihood
  • Parentage
  • Pedigree
  • Relatedness
  • Software

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