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Arlequin
Software for Population Genetics and Data Analysis
What is Arlequin?
Arlequin is an exploratory population genetics software environment able to handle large samples of molecular data (RFLPs, DNA sequences, microsatellites), while retaining the capacity of analyzing conventional genetic data (standard multi-locus data or mere allele frequency data).
A variety of population genetics methods have been implemented either at the intra-population or at the inter-population level, and they can be conveniently selected and parameterized through a graphical interface.
Arlequin has no equivalent in his field and will be extremely useful to analyze the large data sets which are now available by the use of the latest molecular engineering techniques.
Arlequin's Graphical User Interface:
The graphic interface of Arlequin 2.000 has been entirely redesigned. It is written in Java in order to present a consistent look and behavior across different platforms. Due to the fact that Java is interpreted on most machines, Arlequin may be a bit slower to respond than earlier versions.
The graphic interface is now completely separated from the core routines written in C++, to preserve computing speed. The graphic interface make a call to the compiled core routines when pressing the Run button of the interface.
The interface allows you to :
- load a project into Arlequin
- create a new project from scratch
- mport data from other formats
- select the different tasks you want to perform on your data
- start and stop the computations
- call a custom text editor to modify your project
- call a web browser to read or print your results
- call the help file as an Adobe PDF file
Here is the link to the homepage: http://lgb.unige.ch/arlequin/
To take a look at the documentation of the version 3.1, here is the link : arlequin3.1
Here are some screenshots for the application-
1. This is for the Arlequin configuration
2. Then there is the Project wizard:
3. And finally, the import-export window:
