SAGA^MX Software

Saga^MX Software

With Saga^MX AFLP® Software, there is nothing to do after sample loading but wait for gels to be automatically scored and added to the OracleŽ database. Runs are started from Saga client software, after which the DNA Analyzer starts electrophoresis and controls data collection. After electrophoresis, Saga automatically transfers image data in autoradiogram format to the Saga Application Server for analysis and storage.

Saga^MX Software Details

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• Automated, Accurate Scoring

• Easy, Accurate Editing

• Superior Results with True Gel Images

• Automation from Electrophoresis Through Band Scoring

Automated, Accurate Scoring

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Tedious analysis steps are reduced by fast, accurate, and automated scoring. Both polymorphic and monomorphic bands are scored automatically. Bins are automatically added at any base pair locations where bins are already present in other images that use the same set of selective amplification primers.

Saga^MX also helps you administrate your projects with tools to manage molecular weight standards, selective amplification primer pairs, sample descriptions, etc.

Easy, Accurate Editing

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Powerful editing tools let you edit directly on the gel images. Scoring markers or bins can be changed by simply clicking the right or left mouse button on the image and using the popup menu to choose the type of edit. Bins can be added at any location of interest or all bins can be added to the database. There are several ways to view your data, including a window that displays the same bin on various gels for easy comparison between gels.

When you are through editing, all changes are stored in the Oracle® database. Oracle® database products give Saga^MX the highest stability and integrity. A variety of report formats are available to prepare your data for widely used mapping and phylogenetics software.

Superior Results with True Gel Images

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LI-COR's autoradiogram image format has set the standard as the most easily interpreted, accurate data format for AFLP® analysis. True gel images are easier to interpret than intensity peaks and the familiar format lets you apply all the image interpretation methods you already kno

Like autoradiogram images, LI-COR images allow all samples to be visualized simultaneously for more accurate comparison. Because of infrared detection, LI-COR images have the additional benefit of data so clean that co-dominant scoring can be performed.

Automation from Electrophoresis Through Band Scoring

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With Saga^MX AFLP® Software, there is nothing to do after sample loading but to wait for gels to be automatically scored and added to the Oracle® database. Runs are started from Saga client software, after which the DNA Analyzer starts electrophoresis and controls data collection. After electrophoresis, Saga automatically transfers image data in autoradiogram format to the Saga Application Server for analysis and storage.

Additional System Features:

• Automated, secure data storage in an Oracle® database

• Scalable architecture from a Personal Edition to the Server Edition that controls multiple DNA analyzers and multiple Saga clients

• Operates in a stand-alone configuration, through your network, or even over the Internet.

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