pedtools - Creating and Working with Pedigrees and Marker Data
A comprehensive collection of tools for creating, manipulating and visualising pedigrees and genetic marker data. Pedigrees can be read from text files or created on the fly with built-in functions. A range of utilities enable modifications like adding or removing individuals, breaking loops, and merging pedigrees. An online tool for creating pedigrees interactively, based on 'pedtools', is available at <https://magnusdv.shinyapps.io/quickped>. 'pedtools' is the hub of the 'pedsuite', a collection of packages for pedigree analysis. A detailed presentation of the 'pedsuite' is given in the book 'Pedigree Analysis in R' (Vigeland, 2021, ISBN:9780128244302).
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forrel - Forensic Pedigree Analysis and Relatedness Inference
Forensic applications of pedigree analysis, including likelihood ratios for relationship testing, general relatedness inference, marker simulation, and power analysis. 'forrel' is part of the 'pedsuite', a collection of packages for pedigree analysis, further described in the book 'Pedigree Analysis in R' (Vigeland, 2021, ISBN:9780128244302). Several functions deal specifically with power analysis in missing person cases, implementing methods described in Vigeland et al. (2020) <doi:10.1016/j.fsigen.2020.102376>. Methods for checking pairwise relationships are described in Egeland and Vigeland (2025) <doi:10.1016/j.fsigen.2025.103270>. Data exchange with the 'Familias' software (Egeland et al. (2000) <doi:10.1016/S0379-0738(00)00147-X>) is supported through the 'pedFamilias' package.
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7.01 score 12 stars 6 dependents 106 scripts 1.0k downloadspedsuite - Easy Installation of the 'pedsuite' Packages for Pedigree Analysis
The 'pedsuite' is a collection of packages for pedigree analysis, covering applications in forensic genetics, medical genetics and more. A detailed presentation of the 'pedsuite' is given in the book 'Pedigree Analysis in R' (Vigeland, 2021, ISBN: 9780128244302).
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pedprobr - Probability Computations on Pedigrees
An implementation of the Elston-Stewart algorithm for calculating pedigree likelihoods given genetic marker data (Elston and Stewart (1971) <doi:10.1159/000152448>). The standard algorithm is extended to allow inbred founders. 'pedprobr' is part of the 'pedsuite', a collection of packages for pedigree analysis in R. In particular, 'pedprobr' depends on 'pedtools' for pedigree manipulations and 'pedmut' for mutation modelling. For more information, see 'Pedigree Analysis in R' (Vigeland, 2021, ISBN:9780128244302).
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6.14 score 4 stars 11 dependents 8 scripts 826 downloadspedmut - Mutation Models for Pedigree Likelihood Computations
A collection of functions for modelling mutations in pedigrees with marker data, as used e.g. in likelihood computations with microsatellite data. Implemented models include equal, proportional and stepwise models, as well as random models for experimental work, and custom models allowing the user to apply any valid mutation matrix. Allele lumping is done following the lumpability criteria of Kemeny and Snell (1976), ISBN:0387901922.
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ribd - Pedigree-based Relatedness Coefficients
Recursive algorithms for computing various relatedness coefficients, including pairwise kinship, kappa and identity coefficients. Both autosomal and X-linked coefficients are computed. Founders are allowed to be inbred, which enables construction of any given kappa coefficients, as described in Vigeland (2020) <doi:10.1007/s00285-020-01505-x>. In addition to the standard coefficients, 'ribd' also computes a range of lesser-known coefficients, including generalised kinship coefficients, multi-person coefficients and two-locus coefficients (Vigeland, 2023, <doi:10.1093/g3journal/jkac326>). Many features of 'ribd' are available through the online app 'QuickPed' at <https://magnusdv.shinyapps.io/quickped>; see Vigeland (2022) <doi:10.1186/s12859-022-04759-y>.
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ibdsim2 - Simulation of Chromosomal Regions Shared by Family Members
Simulation of chromosomal segments shared identical-by-descent (IBD) among pedigree members. Using sex-specific recombination rates along the human genome (Halldorsson et al. (2019) <doi:10.1126/science.aau1043>), phased chromosomes are simulated for all pedigree members. Applications include calculation of realised relatedness coefficients and IBD segment distributions. 'ibdsim2' is part of the 'pedsuite' collection of packages for pedigree analysis. A detailed presentation of the 'pedsuite', including a separate chapter on 'ibdsim2', is available in the book 'Pedigree analysis in R' (Vigeland, 2021, ISBN:9780128244302). A 'Shiny' app for visualising and comparing IBD distributions is available at <https://magnusdv.shinyapps.io/ibdsim2-shiny/>.
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5.50 score 7 stars 2 dependents 30 scripts 662 downloadspedFamilias - Import and Export 'Familias' Files
Tools for exchanging pedigree data between the 'pedsuite' packages and the 'Familias' software for forensic kinship computations (Egeland et al. (2000) <doi:10.1016/s0379-0738(00)00147-x>). These functions were split out from the 'forrel' package to streamline maintenance and provide a lightweight alternative for packages otherwise independent of 'forrel'.
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5.08 score 2 stars 5 dependents 7 scripts 451 downloadsdvir - Disaster Victim Identification
Joint DNA-based disaster victim identification (DVI), as described in Vigeland and Egeland (2021) <doi:10.21203/rs.3.rs-296414/v1>. Identification is performed by optimising the joint likelihood of all victim samples and reference individuals. Individual identification probabilities, conditional on all available information, are derived from the joint solution in the form of posterior pairing probabilities. 'dvir' is part of the 'pedsuite' collection of packages for pedigree analysis.
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4.95 score 3 stars 1 dependents 14 scripts 551 downloadsverbalisr - Describe Pedigree Relationships in Words
Describe in words the genealogical relationship between two members of a given pedigree, using the algorithm in Vigeland (2022) <doi:10.1186/s12859-022-04759-y>. 'verbalisr' is part of the 'pedsuite' collection of packages for pedigree analysis. For a demonstration of 'verbalisr', see the online app 'QuickPed' at <https://magnusdv.shinyapps.io/quickped>.
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4.02 score 1 stars 7 dependents 7 scripts 467 downloadspedbuildr - Pedigree Reconstruction
Reconstruct pedigrees from genotype data, by optimising the likelihood over all possible pedigrees subject to given restrictions. Tailor-made plots facilitate evaluation of the output. This package is part of the 'pedsuite' ecosystem for pedigree analysis. In particular, it imports 'pedprobr' for calculating pedigree likelihoods and 'forrel' for estimating pairwise relatedness.
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3.95 score 3 stars 1 dependents 5 scripts 471 downloadsparamlink2 - Parametric Linkage Analysis
Parametric linkage analysis of monogenic traits in medical pedigrees. Features include singlepoint analysis, multipoint analysis via 'MERLIN' (Abecasis et al. (2002) <doi:10.1038/ng786>), visualisation of log of the odds (LOD) scores and summaries of linkage peaks. Disease models may be specified to accommodate phenocopies, reduced penetrance and liability classes. 'paramlink2' is part of the 'pedsuite' package ecosystem, presented in 'Pedigree Analysis in R' (Vigeland, 2021, ISBN:9780128244302).
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A marker map for 51 forensic short tandem repeat (STR) markers, and allele frequency databases for Norway and several broader regional populations: Europe, Africa, South America, West Asia, Middle Asia, and East Asia. Developed and maintained for use at the Department of Forensic Sciences, Oslo, Norway.
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3.78 score 2 dependents 5 scripts 343 downloadssegregatr - Segregation Analysis for Variant Interpretation
An implementation of the full-likelihood Bayes factor (FLB) for evaluating segregation evidence in clinical medical genetics. The method was introduced by Thompson et al. (2003) <doi:10.1086/378100>. This implementation supports custom penetrance values and liability classes, and allows visualisations and robustness analysis as presented in Ratajska et al. (2023) <doi:10.1002/mgg3.2107>. See also the online app 'shinyseg', <https://chrcarrizosa.shinyapps.io/shinyseg>, which offers interactive segregation analysis with many additional features (Carrizosa et al. (2024) <doi:10.1093/bioinformatics/btae201>).
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3.73 score 3 stars 1 dependents 12 scripts 273 downloadsKLINK - Kinship Analysis with Linked Markers
A 'shiny' application for forensic kinship testing, based on the 'pedsuite' R packages. 'KLINK' is closely aligned with the (non-R) software 'Familias' and 'FamLink', but offers several unique features, including visualisations and automated report generation. The calculation of likelihood ratios supports pairs of linked markers, and all common mutation models. The program is described in Vigeland and Gilfillan (2026) <doi:10.1016/j.fsigen.2026.103578>.
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3.60 score 1 stars 7 scripts 351 downloadsfamnesia - Anonymising Familias Files
A 'shiny' application for anonymising files exported from the 'Familias' software for forensic kinship analysis (Egeland et al. (2000) <doi:10.1016/s0379-0738(00)00147-x>). Pedigrees, marker data, allele frequencies and mutation models can be masked or modified, with options for preserving likelihood ratios exactly. The application is built on the 'pedsuite' packages for pedigree analysis.
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