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GenAlEx News (Posted 26-2-08)
Please note that a minor update to GenAlEx 6.1 has been posted. This version (6.1004) fixes a bug that prevented GenAlEx 6.1 from loading on some Finnish, French, Polish and Swedish systems. If you have not encountered this problem with GenAlEx 6.1, then there is no need to upgrade. If all goes to plan, GenAlEx 6.2 will be released by mid year, 2008.

GenAlEx News (Posted 20-12-07)

GenAlEx 6.1 now available!
GenAlEx 6.1 is an essential upgrade that replaces GenAlEx 6. In addition to minor improvements in the interface and the usual bug fixes, GenAlEx 6.1 offers some exciting new features for both teachers and researchers. For teachers, some of the new features include: more step-by-step output options, more tools for data exploration, and new tools for teaching topics such as permutation and bootstrapping. For researchers, we have considerably expanded the Analysis of Molecular Variance options to include more detailed F -statistics analysis, additional analysis outputs by locus, additional specialized permute options, additional graphing options, and the output of Linearized F st. We have also added support for Binary Haploid data, expanded the range of TwoGener options and added Nei Unbiased Heterozygosity and Nei Unbiased Genetic Distance estimates for all types of data.

GenAlEx 6.1 is fully compatible with Excel 2007. This includes the ability to take advantage of the substantially increased number of columns from 256 pre-Excel 2007 to 16,384 columns in Excel 2007. This capability will be particularly welcomed by AFLP users, whose binary data sets frequently exceed more than 256 polymorphic loci. The extra columns per worksheet will also allow expanded capability for working with DNA sequences within GenAlEx. If you intend to use GenAlEx 6.1 in Excel 2007, be sure to read the additional information provided when you download GenAlEx.

GenAlEx 6.1 now provides direct export of data to more than 20 other genetic software packages or formats including: AFLP-SURV, Alleles in Space, Arlequin, Cervus, FAMD, Famoz, Fdist2, GDA, GeneClass, GenePop, GeneticStudio, Kingroup, MEGA, MSA, MsVAr, Nexus, Phylip. POLDISP, PopGene, SPAeDI, Structure and TFPGA packages.   In addition, indirect export to other packages such as Fstat and BAPS is available via the GenePop export format.

Spanish Guide for GenAlEx 6
We are extremely pleased to announce the release of a GenAlEx 6 Users' Guide in Spanish. We hope that this guide will provide an invaluable aid to hundreds of Spanish-speaking teachers and researchers. We would like to take this opportunity to thank Angela Mina-Vargas who completed the translation, under the direction and guidance of Nicola Flanagan, the author of the English GenAlEx 6 guide. To access the guide please see: http://www.anu.edu.au/BoZo/GenAlEx/espanol/

Previous GenAlEx News (Posted 8-8-07)
We would like to take this opportunity to thank our many users for citing GenAlEx in their publications. Did you known that because of the high citation impact of GenAlEx 6, in July 2007, ISI featured our paper: Peakall and Smouse (2006) as a Hot New Paper in the field of Environment/Ecology please see http://www.esi-topics.com/nhp/2007/july-07-Peakall_Smouse.html .  We believe our paper is highly cited, because GenAlEx fills a void in the fields of molecular ecology and population genetics by bridging the gap between teaching and research.

Previous GenAlEx News (Posted 25-5-07)
It is now a year since the official release of GenAlEx 6 and it is therefore timely to bring you some important news. Since the release of GenAlEx 6, we have been overwhelmed by the enthusiastic response of both teachers and researchers. There are now more than 1000 GenAlEx users, representing more than 60 different countries. We also know that GenAlEx is used for undergraduate and graduate teaching in the following countries: Australia, Argentina, Canada, Finland, Germany, India, Iran, Israel, Italy, Mexico, Spain, The Netherlands, USA and Vietnam. This list is certain to be incomplete and if your country is not listed here, we would very much like to hear from you. Researchers from a great many countries are also finding GenAlEx 6 a helpful tool, with citations in the scientific literature growing fast and already exceeding 300.