Graphical user interface for the haplotype frequency estimation software Hapl-o-Mat.

Abstract Population-specific human leukocyte antigen (HLA) haplotype frequencies are an essential basis of advanced algorithms for donor selection in unrelated hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. In 2016, we introduced Hapl-o-Mat, a versatile tool for haplotype frequency estimation based on an expectation-maximization algorithm ( https://github.com/DKMS/hapl-o-Mat ). Hapl-o-Mat is specifically tailored to the analysis of HLA genes and able to cope with the heterogeneous genotyping data usually found in donor registries. To make Hapl-o-Mat accessible to a wider range of users, we designed a graphical user interface module that considerably facilitates the interaction with the application ( https://github.com/DKMS/hapl-o-Mat_GUI ). We further provide a precompiled version of Hapl-o-Mat that can be used on Windows personal computers without dependency on additional software libraries ( https://github.com/DKMS/hapl-o-Mat_WinBin ). We are confident that these new, user-oriented features will encourage more researchers to apply Hapl-o-Mat to their data, thereby increasing knowledge and public availability of population-specific HLA haplotype frequencies.