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tiny FLP and tiny CAT: software for automatic peak selection and scoring of AFLP data tables
Author(s) -
ARTHOFER W.
Publication year - 2010
Publication title -
molecular ecology resources
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.96
H-Index - 136
eISSN - 1755-0998
pISSN - 1755-098X
DOI - 10.1111/j.1755-0998.2009.02751.x
Subject(s) - amplified fragment length polymorphism , biology , software , fragment (logic) , selection (genetic algorithm) , phylogenetic tree , computational biology , genetics , algorithm , artificial intelligence , computer science , gene , programming language , population , demography , sociology , genetic diversity
Amplified fragment length polymorphism (AFLP) is a well‐established method for DNA fingerprinting. In the last years, fragment separation gradually changed from using gel to capillary electrophoresis, resulting in large, digital data sets. Automatic scoring softwares available to date are proprietary and expensive. tiny FLP/ tiny CAT is a compact, open‐source software for automatic scoring of AFLP data. It reads from PeakScanner © generated tables, optimizes the conversion of peak data into a binary allelic matrix and removes operator‐mediated ambiguities from the scoring process. The output is formatted for direct use in MrBayes and other phylogenetic applications.