This software program is for analyzing Y-STR haplotypes, primarily haplotype comparison and kinship analysis. This software was developed with the support from National Institute of Justice (NIJ) 2020-DQ-BX-0018. There are three major functions implemented in this tool:
- Y-STR haplotype comparisons (i.e., 1:1, 1:N, and N:N comparisons)
- Pedigree likelihood ratio for kinship analysis with Y-STR profiles,
- Draw mismatch distributions to decide a threshold for determining if two profiles are from the same lineage or not
This software was written by Java, so it may be run on any platform that has the latest version of Java installed.
Tutorial videos can be found at https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLZ_kVTJ53UPB2LFr7o0HYA-3WXfL_F3Jr
Download MPKin-YSTR.jar and double-click the file to run the program.
More details may be found in the user manual and the tutorial videos.
A bug in the profile comparison has been fixed.
For any questions or bugs, please contact [email protected] or [email protected]