This subproject is one of many research subprojects utilizing theresources provided by a Center grant funded by NIH/NCRR. The subproject andinvestigator (PI) may have received primary funding from another NIH source,and thus could be represented in other CRISP entries. The institution listed isfor the Center, which is not necessarily the institution for the investigator.The S.A.G.E. (Statistical Analysis for Genetic Epidemiology) computer program package provides researchers with the tools necessary for various types of statistical genetic analysis of human family data. Prior to the funding of this resource, few such computer programs were available, and those in existence were usually poorly documented and not easily transportable from one type of computer to another. This subproject has addressed these problems by developing computer programs for genetic analysis that are well documented and portable between different computers and operating systems. S.A.G.E. version 5.4 was released in July, 2007 and new releases of the software are posted, on average, twice per year. The program is constructed from compiled C++ code and runs on Windows, Unix/Linux, Solaris and MacOS platforms. The software includes a Java-based graphical user interface (GUI) designed to eliminate the need for new users to learn the complex syntax for program configuration. At the same time, advanced users may still create and analyze very sophisticated models using either the GUI or the more traditional command line version of the software. The next major release (version 6.0) is expected to include a new utility for managing high-throughput marker phenotypes, a restored and enhanced version of RELPAL, significant improvements to ASSOC, and an efficient, generalized simulation program.
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