In BIONUMERICS, character values can be mapped to categorical names according to predefined criteria. When character mappings are present, it becomes possible to define a custom mappings similarity matrix, which determines how similarities are calculated among the mappings. This can be useful when analyzing data sets like SNPs, VNTRs, SSRs, etc. In this tutorial the use of a custom mappings matrix is illustrated.
Demonstration database containing SNP data for 37 entries. A set of 10 SNPs were screened. The screening was performed on diploid organisms, resulting in 10 possible states (4 homozygous and 6 heterozygous states).
Note that the downloaded database backup file (.bnbk) can be restored via the Restore database... functionality in the BIONUMERICS startup screen.