GenALEx 6.5: Genetic analysis in Excel. Population genetic software for teaching and research-an update

Rod Peakall*, Peter E. Smouse

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    Abstract

    GenAlEx: Genetic Analysis in Excel is a cross-platform package for population genetic analyses that runs within Microsoft Excel. GenAlEx offers analysis of diploid codominant, haploid and binary genetic loci and DNA sequences. Both frequency-based (F-statistics, heterozygosity, HWE, population assignment, relatedness) and distance-based (AMOVA, PCoA, Mantel tests, multivariate spatial autocorrelation) analyses are provided. New features include calculation of new estimators of population structure: G' ST, G" ST, Jost's D est and F' ST through AMOVA, Shannon Information analysis, linkage disequilibrium analysis for biallelic data and novel heterogeneity tests for spatial autocorrelation analysis. Export to more than 30 other data formats is provided. Teaching tutorials and expanded step-by-step output options are included. The comprehensive guide has been fully revised.

    Original languageEnglish
    Article numberbts460
    Pages (from-to)2537-2539
    Number of pages3
    JournalBioinformatics
    Volume28
    Issue number19
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - Oct 2012

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