MicroHapDB¶
MicroHapDB is a portable database intended for scientists and researchers interested in microhaplotypes for forensic analysis. The database includes a comprehensive collection of marker and allele frequency data from numerous databases and published research articles—see citations. Effective number of allele (Ae) and informativeness for assignment (In) statistics are included so that markers can be ranked for different forensic applications. The entire contents of the database are distributed with each copy of MicroHapDB, and instructions for adding private data to a local copy of the database are provided. MicroHapDB is designed to be user-friendly for both practitioners and researchers, supporting a range of access methods from browsing and simple text queries to complex queries and full programmatic access via a Python API. MicroHapDB is also designed as a community resource requiring minimal infrastructure to use and maintain.
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If you use this database, please cite our work.
Standage DS, Mitchell RN (2020) MicroHapDB: A Portable and Extensible Database of All Published Microhaplotype Marker and Frequency Data. Frontiers in Genetics 11:781, doi:10.3389/fgene.2020.00781.
MicroHapDB was created and is maintained by the Bioinformatics Group at the National Bioforensic Anaylsis Center (NBFAC). Contact: daniel.standage@st.dhs.gov.