Jove
Visualize
Contact Us
JoVE
x logofacebook logolinkedin logoyoutube logo
ABOUT JoVE
OverviewLeadershipBlogJoVE Help Center
AUTHORS
Publishing ProcessEditorial BoardScope & PoliciesPeer ReviewFAQSubmit
LIBRARIANS
TestimonialsSubscriptionsAccessResourcesLibrary Advisory BoardFAQ
RESEARCH
JoVE JournalMethods CollectionsJoVE Encyclopedia of ExperimentsArchive
EDUCATION
JoVE CoreJoVE BusinessJoVE Science EducationJoVE Lab ManualFaculty Resource CenterFaculty Site
Terms & Conditions of Use
Privacy Policy
Policies

Related Experiment Videos

Pelican: pedigree editor for linkage computer analysis.

Frank Dudbridge1, Tim Carver, Gary W Williams

  • 1MRC Rosalind Franklin Centre for Genomics Research, Hinxton, Cambridge CB10 1SB, UK.

Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)
|April 3, 2004
PubMed
Summary
This summary is machine-generated.

Related Concept Videos

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by
Same author

Association of a Polygenic Risk Score with Diagnosis and Outcomes in Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.

American journal of respiratory and critical care medicine·2026
Same author

Genome-wide association studies of infant and toddler temperament in European and multi-ancestry populations.

Nature human behaviour·2026
Same author

Genetic and epidemiological evidence linking respiratory and musculoskeletal diseases: shared risk factors and intervention windows.

Respiratory research·2026
Same author

Contribution of Risk Factors, Including Polygenic Score, to the Multifactorial Risk Assessment for the Implementation of Personalized Breast Cancer Screening: Insights from the PERSPECTIVE: Integration and Implementation Project.

Cancers·2026
Same author

Genetic risk score informed re-evaluation of phenotype quality control to maximise power in epidemiological studies: application to lung function.

International journal of population data science·2026
Same author

Canadian Women's Attitudes Toward Receiving Personalized Breast Cancer Risk Information: Insights From the PERSPECTIVE I&I Project.

Clinical breast cancer·2026
Same journal

Biomedical Concept Recognition with Error-aware Negative-enhanced Ranking Framework.

Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)·2026
Same journal

TEDLH: Domain HMMs for sensitive detection of remote homologues.

Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)·2026
Same journal

PLNFGL: Joint Estimation of Multi-Condition Gene Networks from Single-cell RNA-seq Data.

Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)·2026
Same journal

MCFST: Spatial domain identification method based on multi-view graph convolutional network and graph fusion network.

Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)·2026
Same journal

SpaBiT: Enhancing Spatial Transcriptomics Resolution via Bidirectional Attention Transformers.

Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)·2026
Same journal

EDEL: Enhancing Dense Retrievers for Curation of Biomedical Knowledge Bases.

Bioinformatics (Oxford, England)·2026
See all related articles

Pelican is a new graphical tool that simplifies creating input files for linkage analysis software. This lightweight editor helps researchers rapidly construct pedigree files and diagrams, reducing errors and saving time.

Area of Science:

  • Genetics
  • Bioinformatics

Background:

  • Linkage analysis software requires specific input files detailing pedigree structures.
  • Manual creation of these files is time-consuming and prone to errors.
  • Existing graphical tools are often part of expensive commercial packages with extensive functionality.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a user-friendly, lightweight graphical tool for creating linkage pedigree files.
  • To provide a free and accessible alternative for constructing pedigree diagrams and input files.

Main Methods:

  • Development of Pelican, a graphical pedigree editor.
  • Implementation as a Java application for cross-platform compatibility.
  • Focus on rapid construction of linkage pedigree files and diagrams.

Related Experiment Videos

Main Results:

  • Pelican enables efficient and accurate creation of linkage pedigree files.
  • The software generates clear pedigree diagrams.
  • It serves as a specialized, lightweight alternative to complex commercial software.

Conclusions:

  • Pelican offers a desirable graphical input solution for linkage analysis.
  • It streamlines the process of preparing data for genetic analysis.
  • The tool is freely available, promoting wider accessibility in genetic research.