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PedCheck

Version

V.1.1 installed in HIPPU

V.1.1 installed in MURSKA

Description

PedCheck detects marker typing incompatibilities in pedigree data -- if they are Mendelian consistent.

Usage


The program is installed in HIPPU (hippu.csc.fi) and in MURSKA (murska.csc.fi).

The software needs to be initialized before use:

module load pedcheck


to run PedCheck, type:

pedcheck

run also

pedcheck -2

to guarantee that there is no inconsistency in a pedigree (see the documentation).

Input files:

PedCheck will look for 'datafile.dat' and 'pedfile.dat' as default inputs. These are LINKAGE format files ( which means that makeped has been run on the pedigree file ). If either of these is not found, PedCheck will prompt you to input a file name.

Command line options are also available for inputing these files: -p -d .

PedCheck can handle pre-makeped files, so the pedigree and individual names can be any string, not just numeric.

Documentation

On-line documentation is available at the authors web page.

References

If you use PedCheck in any published work, please cite:

"PedCheck: A program for identifying genotype incompatibilities in linkage analysis," O'Connell JR, Weeks DE, Am J Hum Genet 63:259-266

User support

Saren Ari-Matti +358 9 457 2282 Ari-Matti.Saren at csc.fi