MCscan is currently in review. Please check back later for detailed information.
MCscan is a powerful computer program that can simultaneously scan multiple genomes to identify homologous chromosomal regions and subsequently align these regions using genes as anchors. This is the toolset for generating the synteny correspondence in Plant Genome Duplication Database.
Availability
The current version is not stable and may represent an older version. Please use with caution.
Disclaimer: this software is free to use, modify, redistribute without any restrictions.
Installation: unpack the tarball and type "make".
Documentation: Read online
Algorithm
Results
The MCscan algorithm has been tested in several scenarios, including:
- Yeast
- Paramecium
- Fugu
- Plants
Results and procedures can be accessed here.
Reference
- Tang et al., (2008) Synteny and Collinearity in Plant Genomes. Science. 320: 486-488 [ Online ]
Contact
All bug reports, suggestions or questions are very welcome and should be dumped to
Email: bao at uga dot edu
Last update: May 01, 2008