KLINK - kinship with linked markers • pedsuite

Try KLINK here: https://magnusdv.shinyapps.io/klink.

What is KLINK?

KLINK is a user-friendly app extending the Familias software for kinship calculations in forensic genetics. Unlike Familias, KLINK allows pairs of linked markers, which are often seen in modern marker kits.

While KLINK has substantial overlap with the Familias companion FamLink, it offers several unique features:

platform independent (not only Windows)
visualisations of pedigrees and marker maps
ready-to-use output reports in Excel format

It should be noted that KLINK currently only handles pairs of linked markers. For more general linkage, e.g. with dense SNPs, we recommend FamLink.

Running KLINK

KLINK is available both as an online app and as an R package. The latter is important if you have sensitive data and want to run everything locally. To set this up, simply install from CRAN with

install.packages("KLINK")

You can then open KLINK with the command

KLINK::launchApp()