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Request to add population structure program, FLOCK, to StrataG #20

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@juliehopper

Hello,
I would like to request that a population structure component be added to StrataG- particularly the FLOCK software which is currently based in excel and aids in inferring population structure and individual assignment. FLOCK randomly divides all of the genotypes into K genetic groups; and reassigns the genotypes at each iteration to the group with the highest probability of belonging, using the multilocus method of maximum likelihood described by Paetkau et al. (1995).

I have been using FLOCK and I have been very pleased with its outcomes and superiority compared to STRUCTURE. Using FLOCK and a wrapper with the DAPC function through adegenet together would be beneficial- as you could take individual assignments from FLOCK and then directly input into a DAPC to visualize the results.

The authors of FLOCK are willing to help with integration, and I think this would be a valuable contribution to the StrataG program, as well as to R users that are interested in answering population structure and individual assignment questions.

Cheers, Julie

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