Dataset formats

The input and output datasets are in text format.

The pairs dataset consists of lines of the form:

name1  name2  prob

as generated by either of the "Offspring estimated heterozygosity" tools.

What it does

The user supplies the offspring estimated heterozygosity for every potential breeding pair, i.e., the expected fraction of autosomal SNPs for which an offspring is heterozygous. The tool assigns breeding pairs to maximize the average estimated heterozygosity of the offspring. Optionally, the user can specify a number of random assigned pairings, for which the program reports the average estimated heterozygosity of the offspring; this gives a comparison of the optimal and average heterozygosity resulting from an assignment of breeding pairs.