PedScope

Description

PedScope is an application for advanced pedigree analysis, with applications in captive breeding programmers for endangered species conservation and safe breeding practices within closed or small populations such as pedigreed livestock, cats, and dogs. It computes various pedigree metrics including: Wright's coefficient of inbreeding; ancestral inbreeding coefficients; and generation numbers. It calculates various measures of genetic diversity including the number of founder equivalents, the number of founder genome equivalents, and the effective number of ancestors. Creates graphs and charts to visualize date-based statistics including line graphs. PedScope has comprehensive export and printing facilities.