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Pedimap is a tool for exploring and visualizing the flow of phenotypes and alleles (observed or based on Identity-by-Descent calculations) through pedigrees. It has tools for the manual and automatic selection of parts of the pedigree based on criteria such as ancestors and/or progeny to a specified number of generations, along the maternal, paternal or both lines, sibs etc. For each selection multiple views can be generated to display different linkage groups, phenotypic traits etc.

Once a view is created for one selection, it can be automatically recreated for any other selection. Pedimap can deal with numeric as well as textual phenotypic scores, and with polyploids as well as diploids. The genetic information can be displayed according to genetic linkage maps, hence the name.

Pedimap is available for the Windows platform (all 32-bit or 64-bit versions, Windows98 up to Windows7). Pedimap can be downloaded here.

Pedimap is a useful stand-alone tool to check marker data and to understand the relation between phenotype and genotype. Further, Pedimap can be used to display the results calculated by the FlexQTL (www.flexqtl.nl) software developed by Dr Marco Bink of Wageningen UR – Biometris. Pedimap can quickly highlight problematic marker scores and display the calculated Identity-by-Descent information. Pedimap and FlexQTL are designed to work together.