FAP: an exclusion‐based parental assignment program with enhanced predictive functions

In molecular‐based parentage analyses, the accurate prediction of resolving power for a panel of loci is important for the critical assessment of results. A DOS‐based computer program, fap (Family Analysis Program), is described that calculates exclusion‐based family assignment probabilities within family mixtures where all parental genotypes are known. Three levels of hierarchy can be explored (sample, groups of families, individual families). The package also provides useful aids to identify problematic loci/misscoring during actual assignment. fap is available for free download from http://www.aqua.stir.ac.uk/rep‐general/downloads.html .