The Madeline 2.0 Pedigree Drawing Engine
The Madeline 2.0 Pedigree Drawing Engine (PDE) is a powerful new software program that allows researchers to generate human pedigree drawings for genetic linkage studies.
Madeline 2.0 is designed to handle large and complex pedigrees and to produce data in a clear and readable format. It is a newly developed program that follows the approach of Madeline, a program that has been used since 2001 by research scientists to visualize and explore data used in linkage studies. Originally developed for use in vision research, Madeline has also proven to be useful for researchers in epidemiology, public health, and related health care fields.
The new program can be easily incorporated into web-based data management applications and has many other features that should be appealing to genetic researchers all over the world. There is no charge for use of the program.
Madeline 2.0 PDE was developed by Edward H. Trager and Ritu Khanna, researchers at the University of Michigan Kellogg Eye Center. The earlier version was written by Edward H. Trager.
