GelJ is a Java application designed for analysing DNA fingerprint images. GelJ is a feather-weight, user-friendly, open-source and free tool that combines the simple design of free systems with instrumental features for DNA fingerprinting that are only available on commercial tools. Some of the outstanding features of GelJ are functionality for accurate lane- and band-detection, several methods for computing migration models and generating dendrograms, comparison of banding patterns from different experiments, and database support.

Citing GelJ: J. Heras, C. Domínguez, E. Mata, and V. Pascual. GelJ – a tool for analyzing DNA fingerprint gel images. BMC Bioinformatics 2015, 16:270 http://doi.org/10.1186/s12859-015-0703-0.

You can see more information about GelJ in https://sourceforge.net/p/gelj/wiki/Home/

Several videos explaining the use of GelJ are available in https://sourceforge.net/p/gelj/wiki/Videos/

Please address any question or comment to joheras at gmail.com

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GNU General Public License version 3.0 (GPLv3)

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  • lactococclactis Edited 2026-09-16
    3 out of 5 stars
    To work around the error encountered when creating a lab, you can try moving the folder containing the GelJ to the root directory (this worked for me), this likely avoids path-related issues. Upd.: or not (I can't log in anymore)
  • billmathidza Posted 2020-08-03
    3 out of 5 stars
    i am not able to create a lab
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Operating Systems

Linux, Mac, Windows

User Interface

Java Swing

Programming Language

Java

Database Environment

SQL-based

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Java Bio-Informatics Software

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2015-03-02
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