Applications of the MEGADATS database system in medical genetics.

The MEGADATS relational database system has many useful applications in the field of medical genetics. Some of these applications include storage, retrieval, and display of pedigree information; retrieval of sets of individuals, sibships, or families who meet given criteria; storage of necessary information for mailing lists, clinic data, etc; and combination of pedigree information and genotype information into the format needed for linkage analysis packages.