Getting Help

All three distributions come with a doc subdirectory containing a README file in plain text format and five subdirectories. The subdirectories have documentation in various formats.

html

This contains the manual pages in hypertext markup language. You can view these files in any web browser. They are also the files available online at
http://statgen.ncsu.edu/qtlcart

ppt

Contains a PowerPoint slide presentation that Chris Basten gives to introduce QTL Cartographer. You will need Microsoft Powerpoint to view it.

pdf

Contains the QTL Cartographer manual in Adobe portable document format. You will need Adobe's Acrobat Reader to view and print this file. Acrobat Reader is free and can be obtained from http://www.adobe.com.

As of version QTL Cartographer version 1.16, perlscripts.pdf will be included in the pdf subdirectory. This document has a set of manual pages explaining the perl scripts for automation of certain tasks.

txt

Contains documentation files in plain text. It includes some sample input files, announcements and a list of program changes.

scripts

Contains a number of C shell and perl scripts to automate repetitive tasks such as bootstrapping and permutation tests. These scripts are mainly for UNIX platforms.

You can also get up to date documentation via the World Wide Web by pointing your web browser to

http://statgen.ncsu.edu

and following the link to QTL Cartographer from the Software menu.