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KLINK: Kinship analysis with linked markers

KLINK is an R package and a Shiny application for LR calculations in forensic kinship testing. For more information, see the KLINK website.

Or try the live app here: https://magnusdv.shinyapps.io/klink/

Running KLINK locally

If you are working with sensitive data, you might want to run KLINK locally/offline. To set this up, first install the KLINK package in R:

install.packages("KLINK")

Then you may start KLINK as follows:

KLINK::launchApp()

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install.packages('KLINK')

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1.1.0

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Magnus Vigeland

Last Published

May 12th, 2025

Functions in KLINK (1.1.0)

LINKAGEMAP

Built-in linkage map
KLINK-package

KLINK: Kinship Analysis with Linked Markers
getLinkedPairs

Identify linked marker pairs
loadMap

Load genetic map
linkedLR

LR with pairwise linked markers
launchApp

Launch KLINK
loadFamFile

Load .fam file
markerSummary

Generate table of marker data
writeResult

Write data and results to Excel
sibship

Dataset for a full vs half sibship case
halfsib

Dataset for a case involving a putative half sibling.
map50

Genetic marker map
parseXML

Parse XML file associated with .fam file
getTotals

Get LR totals
paternity

Dataset for a paternity case