Genetics:Software provides links to software for genetic research and teaching from the cellular level up to genetics of populations. Software covered by other categories, such as evolution, phylogeny and molecular biology (DNA sequences) will be specifically excluded.
Colony management, supports creation and tracking of research animals: transgenic and congenic lines, knockouts and outbred strains. www.locustechnology.com
Supply pedigree drawing and genetic data management software for genetic research with a built-in customizable relational database. www.progeny2000.com
Graphically represents the effect of genetic drift on gene frequency of one or more populations for a single locus, two allele model in a closed population using stochastic simulation methods. The DOS program is free. nitro.biosci.arizona.edu/zbook/general/gened.html
Instructional software for basic genetics, such as DNA, PCR, Mendel, Hardy-Weinberg, meiosis and computer simulations. Download WIN and MAC demos and order online. www.handsongenetics.com
Online program that calculates the distribution of offspring genotypes from dominant, codominant and recessive gene crosses, for up to 6 genes. www.geneticswizard.com
Database application for transgenic mouse colonies. Built-in networking capabilites, for both Mac and PC. Downloadable demo version. www.bigbenchsoftware.com
Database system to build and publish synonymised checklists of species. Species descriptions include pre-established fields and detailed descriptions employing any number of user-defined fields. www.alicesoftware.com
Open-source program to automate or speed up the analysis of DNA fragment length polymorphism samples run on fluorescence based gels . Instructions for use and program download available . www.vgl.ucdavis.edu/STRand
Set of statistical methods for discrete genetic data analysis, designed especially for microsatellite data analysis. Includes downloadable versions for Windows and Linux. statgen.ncsu.edu/statgen/soft_powerssr.html
Guide and list of commands used to run this programming language. Library contains programs to compute pairwise alignments, phylogenetic trees, multiple sequence alignments, and to make secondary structure predictions. www.inf.ethz.ch/personal/gonnet/DarwinManual/DarwinManual.html
US National Institutes of Health site with extensive genetic linkage analysis application resources on high performance computer systems. Formerly the Computational Methods and Algorithms Group. hpcio.cit.nih.gov
Open source software for executing and integrating analyses of biological sequences. Includes documentation and installation instructions. www.bioinformatics.ubc.ca/pegasys
Application for viewing and editing DNA and amino acid sequences. Integrated alignment, PCR, BLAST searches, and shared databases. Windows version is available for download (English and German). gentle.magnusmanske.de
Open source database and analysis package used to archive and analyze expression data from gene chip experiments. Includes microarray center workflow management, and researcher tools to analyze final data. https://genes.med.virginia.edu
Program that draws chromosome maps (as EMF files) using the output of MapMaker EXP. Delphi source code is freely available upon request. The software is available under the MIT licence. www.emboss.co.nz/products.php?pid=2