MateRx Download Page
This page provides access to the MateRx computer program for prescribing mates in a pedigreed population.
To download the MateRx program click on http://www.vortex9.org/materx.exe.
To download the MateRx documentation click on http://www.vortex9.org/materx.doc.
To run MateRx, you also need to have in the folder with MateRx,
or in a folder in your path, the memory management program DOS4GW.
To download DOS4GW click on http://www.vortex9.org/dos4gw.exe.
MateRx was developed by:
- Jonathan Ballou, National Zoological Park
- Steven Thompson, Lincoln Park Zoo
- Joanne Earnhardt, Lincoln Park Zoo
MateRx is designed and developed to be a genetic tool that will guide population management
decisions. For every male/female pair in the population,
MateRx calculates a single numeric index indicating the relative genetic benefit
or detriment to the population of breeding that particular pair.
This index, the mate suitability index (or MSI),
is calculated from considering the pairs' mean kinship values,
the difference in the male and females mean kinship,
the inbreeding coefficient of the offspring produced,
and the amount of unknown ancestry in the pair.
MateRx is designed to simplify the decisions about which pairs
should be bred by condensing all that we know about the genetics
of a pair into a single number.
Links to related sites
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VORTEX Population Viability Analysis Software
OUTBREAK Modeling software for wildlife disease risk assessment
GENES DOS-based software for genetic analysis and management of pedigrees
PM2000 Windows-based software for genetic and demographic analysis and management of pedigrees