cammanly@ubvmsd.cc.buffalo.edu (Kenneth Manly) (10/22/90)
RI Manager software and database is available from Genbank-Server and EMBL Data Library RI Manager is a Macintosh program which helps analyze the results of genetic mapping experiments using recombinant inbred strains. It is a specialized database program which allows easy storage, retrieval, and display of information from such experiments, but it also has tools for statistical analysis of the experimental results. RI Manager is distributed with a database, compiled by Dr. Rosemary Elliott, of over 1000 strain distribution patterns from six sets of recombinant inbred mice. The distribution also includes a user's manual in the form of a self- displaying DocMaker document. The distribution consists of four files: rimgr.readme, rimgr.hqx, ridata.hqx, and ridoc.hqx. The readme file is small and uncompressed; the others are each 110K to 180K and must be converted and unstuffed with Stuffit 1.5.1. To obtain information or a program file from the University of Houston Genbank-Server, send mail with SEND HELP MAC or SEND MAC <filename> in the Subject: line to the address gene-server@bchs.uh.edu or gene-server%bchs.uh.edu@cunyvm. To obtain information or a program file from the EMBL Data Libray, send mail with HELP SOFTWARE or GET MAC_SOFTWARE:<filename> as the message text to the address netserv@embl.bitnet. Kenneth Manly, PhD