Purpose
These files are update files for software users who are currently
subscribed. If you don't have DNA•VIEW or PATER installed
already, they won't do anything!
No demo copies of software
There is no demo version of any of the packages. Actual users are very happy
with the software and find it useful, but I don't think people are likely to
appreciate it with no instruction at all. Since I therefore think a demo
package would be poor advertising I've not invested the energy to create one.
I am, though, happy to talk & email to interested parties anywhere
in the world, and can arrange a demo via web conference and/or in
person depending on our travel schedules. Please let me know if you
are interested.
Intallation directory: Where DNAVIEW already resides,
typically C:\dnaview or a network drive such as G:\dnaview.
If you would like DNAVIEW to be somewhere else, that is now ok. The
installer will happily update to any directory. However, to move the
DNAVIEW installation to an arbitrary directory in the first place may require
a little fiddling. Let me know if you would like to do this.
Any DNA•VIEW or PATER user may download and use this, even if you do not have a current maintenance agreement.
(It's 99% that this won't do anything bad. However, just in case I'm wrong if you try
it and aren't under maintenance, please back up first.)
This download is not helpful if you install a DNA•VIEW or PATER as new as February 2007,
because these features are then included anyway.
Features:
Installs new desktop icons.
They're in a desktop folder called Dnaview Icons. They include
"Cooperative" startup icon for DNA•VIEW and/or PATER – allows other
processes to run, not too slowly, at the same time.
Starts an Excel spreadsheet with a macro that conveniently loads a DNA•VIEW
Paternity or Kinship report (the formatted one) legibly into Excel. See
Import the standard report for
an explanation of what this tool does.
Better startup program for DNA•VIEW/PATER
You may have noticed that under XP, when DNA•VIEW or PATER are running it is
very difficult to run any other process. This fix corrects a priority error in running
DOS processes (which my programs are, under the skin). The priority error makes it seem
that other processes cannot run simultaneously with DNA•VIEW/PATER (although in
fact it is just that they run 100 times slower). This fix lets multiple processes share
the CPU normally.
NOTE: If you have been using the TAME software to solve the same problem,
uninstall it. This new method is better.
Faster printing
Installation makes a registry change which reduces the delay to when printing begins
from 60 seconds to 15 seconds.
Update configuration to Windows style
Optionally "Replace/update very old CONFIG" (startup parameters) file.
Y haplotype treatment includes default race, so more consist with autosomal implementation.
30.01
Racial estimate etc. for easier selection of
many races 29.87
Stain calculator bugfix — correct the titles 29.85
miscellaneous minor bugfixes and screen improvements 29.85
29.83.1 bugfix — Automatic kinshipCreate summary file of calculation when prior>0 or
multiple hypotheses
Paternity case29.83
more useful switch between language: paternity ⇔ maternity.
Automatically converts roles to effect the swaps
M=Mother ⇔ F=Tested woman
and F=Tested man ⇔ M=Father. (The role letter meanings
for a maternity case may be unexpected.)
bugfix — ok to omit genotype for child but not father, or the opposite
Import29.81
Database from table – Allele frequency —
cleaner, easier especially when importing many loci.
DNA profile data import — better summary
of locus collection
Automatic kinshipCalculate one locus —
show & report result much better
default mutation rates: Case Options. For a new locus
with no mutation data yet available, leave the locus-specific value as "0" and the
default value will then be used for computation. 29.79
Default STR mutation rate (if no locus-specific) (%; recommend 0.28%). Typical mutation rate
for a polymorphic forensic STR locus is 1/350 or 0.28%. (If set to 0, the non-STR value will be used!)
Default non-STR mutation rate, e.g. SNP (logarithm, i.e. -8 for 10^-8). Usual mutation
rate cited for single nucleotides is 10-8.
29.78: several minor bugfixes
bugfix: Kinship standard report: use comma for decimal separator if appropriate 29.77
Reorganize Database menu for clarity 29.74
Kinship minor bugfix — manual editing of frequencies could crash program
29.75
Easy ways to see what the default races are 29.73
Database new Show default assignments per race, for all races
button on database selection list to either
Show all the defaults,
and, if there bounce bar (a highlit database), optionally show
the defaults for the construction race of the highlit choice
or, if different, the defaults for the default race of the highlit choice.
Database simpler Document sample frequencies etc. tables to
report allele reference frequencies, probabilities, and/or counts. 29.73
ImportDNA profile data import29.73
more clever locus summary can report e.g. "YFiler plus NGM less Amelogenin"
flexible treatment of DYS385 vs. DYS385a, b
Casekinship, Show pairwise relationships —
initially omit self-relationship lines 29.73
Casesimulate — new techy-only wonky option
Set/change random link29.73
Crime Case — simplify & clarify mixture calculator operation.29.72
saves an analysis; to resume working on it later.
lets you review a report of an analysis in progress.
leaves any manual allele adjustments while removing any LR calculation and
"#s of unknown" specifications.
Subsequent recalculates all cleared loci, using the default
, specifications (unless larger values are foisted).
removes the locus entirely including all alleles.
bugfixes — various small glitches and screen appearance issues fixed 29.72
Kinship29.71
bugfix (cosmetic) — misdisplay of kinship scenario
Case Options option:
Customize "standard" pat'y & kinship files for Excel viewing?;
"no" for plain text e.g. to use in Word.
ImportDNA profiles29.71
recognizes formatted case numbers on input
more information when there is a roster conflict
KinshipMANUALLY EDIT allele probabilities
— fixed bug since ver 29.65. 29.67
Case, immigration/kinship —
X-locus calculations ensure genders established, using user help if necessary 29.66
Kinship crashing (mainly pedigree searching in Screen disaster matches,
and kinship simulation) seems fixed. 29.66
29.65 small enhancements, minor cleanups and bugfixes
Case report improved — the "standard" report file (the one viewed using the
DNA•VIEW report viewer) has several interesting enhancements 29.62
Excel dynamic "Bayes"
(prior/posterior probability) calculator for
immigration/kinship calculation.
After import to Excel, you can manually fiddle with the prior probabilities (or likelihoods) and
the posterior probability is automatically re-calculated.
Even for the two hypotheses case the prior probability and likelihood ratio cells are
similarly dynamic.
All the likelihood numbers are imported to Excel as numbers, so you can do spreadsheet arithmetic with them or
apply Excel formatting (e.g. make %) as desired.
From calculate paternity/avuncular
the case comment and theta values are included in the report.
Paternity Casecalculate family
calculates a family probability
based on combining calculations or paternity trio and duo maternity
(note: interesting and useful in itself). 29.62
Import and file export special folder buttons. ,
and are shortcuts to the corresponding folder
locations, making them more convenient to use for input and output of files and reports. 29.62
29.61 minor bug fixes
29.57 features:
Paternity Case
calculate avuncular
prior probability user option
THETA user option
Immigration/Kinship
optional Theta calculation
Kinship standard output file improved format
Disaster Screening restart on crash
29.56 amendments:
Import/ExportGeneMapper/Genotyper import
"formatted" case number is recognized in the Sample Info field
Multiplex list updated
Screen disaster matches includes "pedigree"
searching 29.53
Type in scenario button
provides ways to create appropriate pedigree definitions for searching:
Create the scenario for a case, add case # as a comment,
then save it to the Pick list
with .
creates the default scenario
for this case based on using the role letter suggested relationship
meanings.
puts the scenario where
Screen disaster matches will automatically find
and use it.
to use and/or
edit it.
bugfix — Avoid Y-loci in pedigree search 29.55
Mixed stain calculator – (formerly "Blindly calculate") clarifies that
only loci without a calculation (use e.g. )
are re-calculated 29.53
DOSbox support
to run DNA•VIEW under 64-bit operating system. (Inquire.)
Type in scenario has function keys to enter the kinship
symbols (which may be difficult to find on some national keyboards) such
as : + ♦ 29.51
Import folder defaults are workstation-dependent 29.49
29.47–29.49 various small improvements
and bugfixes, mostly cosmetic.
ImportDNA profile data import29.48
faster import for very large files
bugfix: allow 0.0 (like 0) as notation
for possibly missing allele; equivalent to blank
Paternity caselet THETA =
experimental option for θ parameter for paternity calculation
29.45
kinship — bugfix crash on sibling calculation
29.44
Crime Case, Stain Calculator — major simplification and
clarification of ("LR method") mixture calculation 29.43
bugfix: reports include the case number and roles
buttons for #s of unknowns (Hp and Hd) make it clearer
what these parameters mean and how the "defaults" work.
LR calculation comment show when LR calculation has not yet been made
(so press the button) or can't be done (i.e. no mixture alleles)
and (formerly named
"save" and "open") are only for saving calculations, not reports.
They are not very useful in conjunction with Crime case. Instead,
click then select a scenario (or
for all scenarios) to report.
GeneMapper (or Genotyper) import recognizes locus names with a
dye letter attached like B_D8S117929.42
recognize multiplex Argus-12
immigration/kinship and Screen disaster matches
no longer include "double 1st cousin" — too confusing 29.39
Covert mutation — better analysis 29.39
Kinship bugfix: error since 29.34 could not enter
kinship scenarios 29.38
bugfix: allow either upper or lower case X,Y for Amelogenin 29.38
Open case simpler 29.38
Print, Options cater to
PrintFil program for printing
29.36
Research Covert mutation % shows some interesting
correlations 29.33
Research Mismatch Expectation: paternity evidence when
a few loci mismatch 29.33
Kinship simulation bugfix — export graph very small
abcissa values 29.34
bugfix — avoid freezing after many simulations 29.14
Disaster screening was crashing
since 29.05. Bug fixed as of 29.14
29.13 more of the same. Multiplexes ESX etc. included
29.09 fixes a few bugs, adds minor features and uniformization
29.07 Continue uniformization of 29.06
Button help: right click on a button
for a menu of hot/shortcut keys
More coherent stain calculator menus
Generally use new Show [report] style, which includes printing & saving
options, instead of separate options for display, print, save
Cleaner and more obvious edit people (in Case)
Organize Kinship simulation menu
button replaces obscure role-then-case method to copy
an accession number
Show more precision in Kinship formulas
29.06Easier to learn; more obvious
navigation. Features include
Menu navigation is easier
The menus have buttons (,
, , etc.)
you can see what Enter will do
you can see how to do various things
Keys like Esc and Tab
are used consistently and as expected.
Abbreviated menus
The menus for Paternity/Crime/Automatic Kinship Case and for
Immigration/kinship had become long and cluttered over the years.
Button options clarify the menus by allowing you to view them in pieces. For example,
click to see just the most important menu items,
or to see those for option settings.
stain mixture calculator
allows lots of alleles
correctly labels SNP allele frequencies (g
for G etc)
DNA odds allows "any" designation which triggers 2p formula.
New command Open Case browses the case-comment list
and offers to open as your choice of default mode, paternity, kinship menu, stain calculation menu, etc.
New command in Casework: Options(case)
New multiplexes ESX, ESI, NGM
Import/exportGeneMapper/Genotyper
recognizes "any" and "null"
Password barrier facility
Creating and destroying passwords is user-friendly.
User-level password (was supervisor) is allowed to delete a case.
version 29.03
Immigration/Kinship various screens – indicate how X-loci are
treated
version 28.101
immigration/kinship, Estimate likely relationships
nicer symbolic genotype display; it even scrolls if too wide
Y haplotypes – split DYS395 into
a/b as a favor to user
Racial estimate computes two kinds of mixture
Racial distance algorithm improved for different-sized population samples
Import DNA profiles/cases, Genotyper / GeneMapper etc.
can accept case-specific designation of kind of case (paternity, kinship, ...)
and calculation races. Method: see 2009 supplement28.97
accept kin names; add to rather than replace former definitions 27.32
creates cases from kinship spreadsheet 27.34
Pro Busqueda special: Parse Probusq File
creates cases from kinship spreadsheet 27.16
bugfix – don't assign a victim role to a reference
allow deleting just the roster of a membrane/worklist 27.11
Quit DNA•VIEW – new name for Exit from DNA•VIEW easier to type
(because it is the only command beginning with Q) and more expected to a Windows user. 27.11
When editing things like Kinship scenario or OptionsDNA-VIEW report title, Ctrl-Ins/Del will insert or remove a line. 27.09
Exit from DNA•VIEW better display/explanation of
clearing spurious sign-ons 27.06
text input recognizes arrows for navigation,
Ctrl-z to restore original text 27.04
bugfix (from ver 25.96) – no need to exit, restart after update 25.99
Paradox.net file is always in the Paradox directory. The former unnecessary flexibility
entailed the complication of one extra possible drive and folder dependency. 25.92
better service detecting switch setting changes at startup 25.73
Show report bugfix – (print preview like feature) find next on tab25.63
Locus
Equine notation – ABCDE ... Z alleles generalizes the "Polymarker" type 25.83
improve locus name guessing (e.g. D2/D21 type distinctions) 25.83
locus ordering
alphabetize on End or on Alt-a 25.67
minor bugfix 25.67
timing stamps show 1/10th of a second 25.67
experimental, work-in-progress: Auto-pilot feature runs DNA•VIEW without user
interaction 25.62
allow DNA•VIEW to operate from directory level below where DNACFG.SF resides 25.67
allow accession numbers with 0 sequence part, such as
2003-00000. 25.62
Ctrl-c accepted as an alternative way to revert to top-level menu 25.51
Top level menu remembers previous commands 25.51
Echo user responses in bright yellow letters 25.56
SNP's implemented in various ways 25.49
import or type in alleles C, G,
A, T25.49
Screen looks for SNP matches 25.49
Import/Export options accept loci in
a single column (instead of necessarily column pairs) 25.49
bugfix –
revert to the method of version 25.92 of frequency calculation so that an
immigration/kinship calculation of a paternity case can agree exactly with the
Paternity casecalculate report calculation. (There was a slight
discrepancy in recent versions because the two situations "tossed" different numbers of
alleles temporarily into the database for frequency calculation.) 27.06
batch select allow selecting in various convenient ways 25.102
calculate report bugfix – VALUE ERROR 25.94
calculate report bugfix – posting to ASCII file
no longer omits Amelogenin 25.92
when outputting results to a numbered file whose (DOS)
name would otherwise be too long, truncate the leading digits of the case number.
I.e. the case file for case 200412345 might be R0412345.txt. 25.91
If the file is not empty, offer to clear it before posting the new results. 25.91
bugfix – correct role descriptions for fatherless output 25.91
cleanup "Consensus" line when negligible variation 25.87
Automatic Kinship Case improve navigation; avoid add role
default suggestion 25.91
list cases
display includes names, races, amount of data, comments 25.77
bugfix – allow empty list 25.78
Edit case comment – add a comment to a case 25.73
show role letters in "restrict" screen 25.73
bugfix – disallow empty race list 25.73
bugfix – don't ask race when deleting case 25.73
insists on a legitimate race list (not just -) 25.56
calculate report
bugfix – prior probability formatting on short report (Kinship similar) 25.87
bugfix – allele display on "SQL LIMS" paternity report 25.77
bugfix – recognize "toss in" parameter in
Gjertson calculation 25.56
confidence interval estimates removed. (They are
pointless anyway, and it's nearly
impossible to account for the interacting complications of minimum
frequencies, mutation estimates, and null allele computations.) 25.51
STR model of mutation implemented (if
elected by options switches & parameter settings) 25.49
bugfix – VALUE ERROR invoking
stain calculator25.56
(Case) Options new options
computer-readable report version, written to file.
Available both for paternity and for kinship 25.56
If the standard filename includes a number such as C:\reports\kin987.txt
(but not C:\reports\kin987x.txt), substitute the number of the current case
– truncated if necessary to conform to the DOS 8+3 file naming rule. 25.62
"prompt for null" causes calculate report
to ask user for null frequency when homozygote encountered 25.56
"Ultra-conservative multiple race calculation"
is formerly standard behavior – smallest PI locus-by-locus.
If value "no", then use smallest PI overall, but use the same race
for each locus. 25.56
bugfix – can't create cases manually in 25.43 unless
OptionsName tag style:
is NAME. 25.46
Bad bone analysis:
Dropout [NOT] allowed (FOR ROLES __) toggle
to assume dropout for some samples 28.42
Show pairwise relationships evaluates the following pairwise relationships among
every pair of people in the case: 28.24
identity / identical twin
parent-child
siblingship
double first cousin
half sibling (avuncular, grandparental same thing)
cousin
Estimate likely relationships
shows which relation 28.31
include Y-haplotype 27.51
Chart of posterior probabilities – evaluates posterior probabiities for a range
of prior probabilities, in particular the "requisite prior" corresponding to the specified
posterior threshold if any. 28.24
Posterior probabilities interactive chart computes posteriors
from priors, even when multiple (>2) hypotheses are computed. 27.31, 28.24
X-linked markers (work in progress – for now girl can't be homozygous at all loci) 27.14
enhanced better to integrate Y-haplotype information 27.49
Simulate, Print summary – Include case number and personnel. 27.47
Estimate relationship includes Y-haplotype 27.51
Allow summary even when no autosomal data (to allow incorporating Y-data) 27.49
Symbolic genotype chart includes both autosomal and Y loci 27.49
Chart of posterior probabilities cleaner 27.49
Y-haplotype summary compares Y-haplotypes in the case and computes matching odds. 27.47
Show Y-haplotype in colored letter display 27.51
Y-haplotype matching odds 27.42
posterior probability chart per various priors 27.42
Calculate ... includes a mutation indication even when >2 hypotheses
27.26
Calculate one locus – only show genotypes of
people involved in the scenario for editing 27.25
"parsing" options Calculate one locus, showing parsing and
Parsing info: SHOWN:
allow changing any genotype interactively.
Useful for comparison computations to analyze mutation. 27.23
much clearer & more helpful debugging display 27.23
(& Kinship) Type in scenario
input has a memory; PgUp/PgDn
(or Ctrl-Up/Dwn)
to scroll to a previous input scenario. 27.23
first character typed clears the type-in area; on-screen instructions explain.
(First move with an arrow to avoid this behavior.) 27.16
cleaner scenario input screen;
allow longer scenarios. (To get extra room for a very long scenario, leave the
type-in screen then re-enter; you'll have three new blank lines at the bottom.)
25.93
Shortcut keys include copy-and-paste; F1
for keystroke help (left, right-click to copy; ctrl-v to paste) 28.35, 28.42
allow more attractive alternative statement separators to %: 27.47
symbol
name
method to type
♦
diamond
Alt ~ (note: regardless of key caps, that's Alt with the upper-leftmost key)
When >2 hypotheses, display the LR matrix comparing all possibilities. 27.23
compares more than two hypotheses simulataneously.
Use the verbose syntax method and prefix the second
alternate hypothesis with two /'s, etc. 27.15 Example: C:M+F ; primary – F is the father
/ C: M+Bro ; alternate – F is the uncle
/ Bro,F:?+?
// C:M+? ; second alternate – F is unrelated
restore the Amelogenin display 25.96
improve "needless loci" option so that needless loci are not displayed 25.96
improve locus coloring in symbolic genotype display 25.94
allow empty pedigree 25.94
preserve the setting for Prior Probability across sessions 25.91, 25.93
show progress & time 25.92
simplify report (always include "details" instead of asking) 25.92
allow lower-case letters to begin a name in the automatic version of Kinship –
hence C:m+F is ok (but m does not mean M). 25.91
prominently display settings of the important switches/toggles 25.91
Racial estimate compares racial origins for all profiles in the case 25.85
cosmetic change 27.21
select candidate races per Racial distance;
more general combinations allowed 25.93
easier – no need for user to modify Case Options25.93
Immigration show & print genotype table options 25.76
New input notation – prefix alternative scenario lines with /25.67
Speedups – cousin problems and redundant siblings for example 25.67
Allele painting – more informative 25.67
clarify locus name display 25.92-3
Logical symbolic allele names: pr
means that the alleles are 2 steps apart, etc 25.67
ct etc. for SNP's 25.67
SNPs correctly colored 25.73
add menu item to change database default selections 25.58
Improve menu appearance & reword 25.56
Needless loci option to clean
up display by eliding irrelevant loci 25.56
Kinship simulation predicts whether a given kinship
problem will be solveable if genetic information becomes available. 25.28
plays music to alert you when simulation run is done 28.78
cleaner display of distribution deciles 28.67
Browse implements a friendly way to return to previous simulations 28.56
Export all nnn LR's and distribution graph creates
file from which Excel can make a beautiful graph28.55
prompts for multiplex instead of aborting if no databases for specified multiplex 27.04
new options allows simulating completion of partial profiles
(e.g. 13-locus simulation optionally completes 9-locus profiles,
in addition to 13-locus profiles for as yet untyped
people) 25.102
ask for total simulation count (not incremental) 25.99
allow simulation prior probability; show average posterier in summary 25.99
track multiple simulations better 25.99
Show loci of a multiplex when selecting a multiplex 25.96
Show the assumed hypothesis prominently if not PRIMARY 25.96
cosmetic: round more nicely 25.94
While simulating, keep cumulative results in view; show progress & timing. 25.93
Allow setting PRIOR from the Simulate menu ~25.97
If PRIOR>0 (to set it, Esc up one level to Immigration/Kinship),
then the average W-value (posterior probability) will be included in the simulation
report. 25.93
Cleaner and more general multiplex specification 25.91
prominently display settings of the important switches/toggles 25.91
options to record the individual simulations to the long (log) report 25.91
allow under "Autopilot" control 25.83
better menu default suggestions 25.91
much better menu, more options 25.67
allow defining scenarios in Simulate25.73
considerably cleaned up, easier to use 25.56
enhancements including allowing simulation of a single locus 25.49
bugfixes –
count number of alternate-hypothesis simulations correctly 27.02
keep data straight when simulating alternative hypothesis 25.96
ok to take a scenario from the pick list 25.93
rare bug with a very large family reported results
like (0+0r)/0r due to incorrect rounding 25.91
KinshipRun test cases includes the
formerly problematic scenario as a test case. 25.91
give graceful error warning on illegal kinship scenario 25.91
fix VALUE ERROR 25.78
sometime types got "stuck", same assignment occurred repetitively 25.56
remove bias that favored selecting rare alleles for the simulation 25.39
Improve screen display during simulation. 25.39
sometimes died listing the assigned alleles. 25.35
Database / Populations
Assign race to membrane accepts multiple membrane/worklists
(& option to exclude children) 28.42
help text sometimes obscured some information. 27.23
better guessing at database size when you enter frequencies 27.17
Prompts recall previous answers, more convenient when creating several databases.
27.02
allow STR data. Long-standing bug didn't allow compilation of imported
data into a database 25.101
Disaster analysis
Membrane collapse
bugfix – care against occasional LENGTH ERROR's 27.02
recognize related profiles by similar core ID # and create a "virtual" profile
as a composite 25.96
Screen disaster matches
Cosmetic fixes to Offender database searching 28.83
Cosmetic/demo improvements to Screen disaster matches28.81
show results by posterior probability (optionally, rather than LR).
"P-model" input screen accepts prior probability estimates &
posterior probability threshold 28.78
option to report relationships within family members or not 28.78
input screen much cleaner and avoids unnecessary prompts 28.78
improve accuracy with better population analysis 28.73
DNA•VIEW frequency database import Multiple file selection treats a response
of ~ alone the same as blank (ignores it). 27.24
Import ASCII database histogram has
much friendlier dialogue; allows importing many loci from one file (parallel columns;
the column for allele sizes can be shared or can be different for different loci)
27.23
Genotyper, Genemapper import etc
interpret underscore ( _ ) as a space in the Sample Info field 28.85
special format for Lancet 28.78
New "Select on ..." option allows filtering the input file – accepting some samples and discarding others 28.49
Offladder allele policy 3rd option: Ignore illegal notation (treat as null/homozygous). The other two are Discard
the locus (the new option just discards one allele), and Treat as rare. 28.42
new Options – Decimal symbol symbol is . (period per U.S.)
or , (comma per European) 28.34
Case numbering to allow long (9 digit) case numbers 28.15
Locus name style like: D16S539
to present shorter version (omit chromosomal info, omit "STR") of locus name for
reports etc. 28.13
convert accession codes
option for Katrina sample name scheme 27.31
New option DNA•VIEW report includes: [workstation] [version] to enhance
the title line on each printed report 27.06
DNA•VIEW report title line dialogue in a cleaner box 27.06
Numlock toggle works (finally) 25.99 – usually the numlock key itself works anyway 27.01
Paradox directory
Simpler designation of Paradox repository. The folder (usually pdox,
occasionally D:\dnaview\pdox for suitable drive letter if you have a
networked system with customized workstations) needs only to be set here; no longer
need it also be set/changed in the Network tool. This simplification should make
for easier moving of DNA•VIEW to a different location, since there is at most
this one place within DNA•VIEW with a critical drive letter or full pathname. 25.93
improve appearance 25.56
select PCR separator (i.e. 9.3 or 9,3 etc.) 25.56
character conversion allow nulls 25.56
Keyboard allows about ten national keyboards 25.56
bugfix – worklist spacing 25.67
bugfix – default date25.46
Populations
Printout database (in Database) – optionally show allele probabilities (i.e. taking
into account minimum frequency and add-observed-allele-to-database parameters) and/or
sample frequency. 28.46
Database similarity test menu simplified including new options Compute p-value for one locus and
Compute individual p-valueS for each locus to help explore data. 28.46
Y Databases / Populations28.45
Y haplotype database statistics under Y databases
– shows various statistics of the installed Y-haplotype databases 28.42
Y-haplotype statistics & analysis bugfixes 28.81
include "Matching LR for new type" 28.52
Install Y-haplotype databases from worklist
– converts one or several worklists to Y-haplotype database, adds them to the list of Y-haplotype databases 28.45
Rename, reorder, delete Y-databases28.45
Y-haplotype matching odds – same as in Casework menu 28.45
Plot
reduce number of prompts, more friendly: 28.43
allele range indicated for the locus as well as for this database 28.43
METAFIL option nicer 28.43
Improve display of database names 28.15
DISPLAY shows diagnostic error code when unable to display 27.11
fails gracefully with a message when absence of graphics engine makes plotting impossible 27.08
gives nice preview of STR database. 27.02
Recognizes Esc to quit. 27.02
Racial measurement tools
Racial Distances – a new command under Research
Ideas uses whatever loci databases are available for to construct a "mileage
chart" of likelihood-ratio distances among any specified set of races. 25.91
more flexible; recognizes a set of
databases as pertaining to the race for which they are defined as default
(which the user can easily specify even temporarily), in addition to the race
for which they are defined. 27.23
Racial estimate compares racial origins for specified profile or case-worth 25.85
optionally excludes racial mixtures from the report 27.08
Parse Probusqueda File (specific-user feature) accidently
assigned a victim role to a reference 27.21
other bugfixes, unsorted
better integration of new "roles" list on version update 28.84
various minor bugfixes 28.67
HW testImport columnar genotype crashed. 28.58
Racial Estimate (also as main menu command) bugfix – take correct account of homozygous loci. Previously
allele was counted only once, thus underestimating racial discrimination. 28.56
Plot improve display of database description 28.14
error when updating from very old system ("DNAHOLD") 27.51
Check if CDIR missing on startup. 27.47
Avoid NONCE ERROR during multiple database selection
Profile data check for no data 27.36
obscure error with deleted membrane 27.24
avoid rounding error like 410.7999... on display 27.24
when editing wide matrix e.g. PATER signature line, don't chop right hand side 27.24
Racial Distances avoid LIMIT ERROR when comparing many races 27.24
MaintenanceNetwork preferences pause properly if "Network lock test" 27.24
When choosing multiple database (e.g. for import), last character of selection
phrase was ignored. 27.23
27.19 failed to start in "custom network" configuration 27.21
in a few cases a yes-no question had a default answer of 0 27.21
avoid error when "Waiting for table" when DNA•VIEW is installed
on a long path 27.19
(Re)print inform user when hang because no printer 27.18
cleanup extra "signon" names, so that the workstation name doesn't always an
ever-larger suffix number 27.06
Sometimes froze when running under Windows XP 27.04
Stole all the CPU, grinding other tasks to a crawl 27.04
Membrane avoid LENGTH ERROR when modifing a
worklist that has some blank lines 27.02
PI25.73
Reprint popup box when no printer 25.73
allow Ctrl-C as first keystroke when opening DNA•VIEW
division by 0 when there is no database 25.63
Mutation History
Mutation History dealing with null alleles 27.25
fix null analysis 25.56
allow ending case number answer 25.39
Statistics use PCR notation 25.56
Installation of 25.39 might change the user's PCR parameters (effectively
changing old DNA profiles). This occurred only on a networked system of the type that
has a separate control file (\DNAVIEW\DNACFG.SF) for each workstation. 25.43
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references. It includes the results of simulations, showing what can be
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references are likely to be necessary for identification.
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