Software at the Twin Workshop

Genetic Analysis Software

Much of the software used at the Workshop is free, but not all of it is Free.

• Mx from Mike Neale http://views.vcu.edu/mx/.
• QTDT from Goncalo Abecasis http://www.well.ox.ac.uk/asthma/qtdt/index.html.
• Merlin from Goncalo Abecasis
• EH from Jurg Ott http://linkage.rockefeller.edu/ott/eh.htm and ftp://linkage.rockefeller.edu/software/eh.
• Mapmaker
• Genehunter from Whitehead Institute http://linkage.rockefeller.edu/soft/gh/.
• GRR from Goncalo Abecasis http://www.well.ox.ac.uk/bioinformatics/GRR/.
• Gold from Goncalo Abecasis http://www.well.ox.ac.uk/asthma/gold/index.html.
• SimWalk2 from Eric Sobel http://watson.hgen.pitt.edu/docs/simwalk2.html.
• Behavioral Genetics Interactive Modules page. This contains links to Shaun Purcell's power calculators and many other resources.

Other software used is commercial and must be paid for.

• The SAS® System from The SAS Institute http://www.sas.com/.
• Excel from Microsoft http://www.microsoft.com/office/excel/default.htm
• STATA from Stata Corporation http://www.stata.com/.

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