FAP: an exclusion-based parental assignment program with enhanced predictive functions

Citation

Taggart J (2007) FAP: an exclusion-based parental assignment program with enhanced predictive functions. Molecular Ecology Notes, 7 (3), pp. 412-415. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1471-8286.2006.01616.x

Abstract
In molecular-based parentage analyses, the accurate prediction of resolving power for a panel of loci is important for the critical assessment of results. A DOS-based computer program, FAP ( Family Analysis Program), is described that calculates exclusion-based family assignment probabilities within family mixtures where all parental genotypes are known. Three levels of hierarchy can be explored ( sample, groups of families, individual families). The package also provides useful aids to identify problematic loci/misscoring during actual assignment. FAP is available for free download from http://www.aqua.stir.ac.uk/rep-general/downloads.html.

Keywords
analysis; AQUACULTURE; Assessment; ATLANTIC salmon; BIOLOGY; ENGLAND; ERRORS; exclusion; families; FAMILY; FAP; function; LEVEL; levels; LOCI; microsatellites; molecular; NATURAL-POPULATIONS; parental assignment; Power; Prediction; PROBABILITIES; Probability; PROGRAM; RAINBOW-TROUT; SALMO-SALAR L.; SAMPLE; Scotland; software; wild

Journal
Molecular Ecology Notes: Volume 7, Issue 3