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:
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.
VORTEX
Population Viability Analysis Software
OUTBREAK Modeling software
for wildlife disease risk assessment
PM2000 Windows-based software
for genetic and demographic analysis and management of pedigrees