Figure 1From: Handling the data management needs of high-throughput sequencing data: SpeedGene, a compression algorithm for the efficient storage of genetic dataAn example of the LINKAGE format A toy example of a pedigree file in the LINKAGE format. The first line contains the marker names. Starting from the second line, each line contains the pedigree and genetic information for each individual. The first six columns indicate the subject’s pedigree ID, subject ID, father ID, mother ID, sex and affection status. The other columns contain the genetic data.Back to article page