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              COLONY 
          History of Updates
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30/07/2018, V2.0.6.5
  1) Improved model for dropouts and false alleles

30/06/2017, V2.0.6.4
  1) Fixed a bug for SNPs
  2) Modified scaling for microsatellites
  
25/01/2017, V2.0.6.3
  1) Added a mismatch threshold to exclude known parent-offspring dyads
  2) Computational efficiency improvements for large datasets (~20000 offspring, ~20000 loci)
  3) Fixed a couple of minor bugs in Fortran code
  4) Genotyping error estimation method improvements

25/08/2016, V2.0.6.2
  1) Fixed a couple of minor bugs in Fortran code
  2) Added batch run capability
  3) Added more graphing functions in GUI
  4) Sibship prior improvement
  
01/02/2016, V2.0.6.1
  1) Fixed a couple of minor bugs in Fortran code
  2) Improved parentage assignment algorithms

12/12/2015, V2.0.5.9
  1) Fixed a bug in Windows GUI
  2) Improved MPI parallel computation for many loci
  3) Added an optimal sibship prior when prior Ne is known

11/02/2015, V2.0.5.8
  1) Fixed a bug in Windows GUI, and a bug in MPI parallel computation
  
08/12/2014, V2.0.5.7
  1) Enabled the option of full sibship size scaling
  
11/11/2014, V2.0.5.6
  1) Fixed a minor bug
  2) Improved GUI for Windows

08/10/2014, V2.0.5.5
  1) Fixed a bug causing circular parentage assignments when individual sex & generation is unknown 

18/09/2014, V2.0.5.4
  1) Fixed a bug for monoecious with selfing

31/08/2014, V2.0.5.3
  1) Fixed a couple of bugs
  2) Introduced full-sib size scaling for biallelic markers to reduce large sibship split
  3) Set Ewen's sampling formula as default for sibship prior
  4) Inference of duplicated individuals (clones)
  
14/05/2014, V2.0.5.2
  1) Fixed a couple of bugs
  2) Computational efficiency improvements, especially for loci with no mistypings

27/02/2014, V2.0.5.1
  1) Fixed a couple of bugs
  2) Introduced expire date (1 year valid) to avoid too many versions in use

30/10/2013, V2.0.5.0
  1) Allow sibship & parentage inference for haploid offspring
  2) Fixed a bug in likelihood calculation

23/09/2013, V2.0.4.7
  1) Slight modification of scaling scheme to improve inference accuracy and computational efficiency 
  2) Added inferences of mistyping rates conditional of the reconstructed pedigree
  
04/09/2013, V2.0.4.6
  1) Efficiency improvements for SNPs and dominant markers
  2) Fixed a couple of minor bugs
  
09/07/2013, V2.0.4.5
  1) Lists inferred parent pairs for each offspring from FL method, when both male and female candidates exist
  2) Fixed a bug in calculating and using inbreeding coefficient

21/05/2013, V2.0.4.4
  1) Fixed a bug for dominant markers

08/05/2013, V2.0.4.3
  1) Fixed a bug for dominant markers and very large full sib families (>1000 siblings per family)
  2) Improved parentage assignment algorithm

11/04/2013, V2.0.4.2
  1) Fixed a bug which causes poor MCMC convergence for monoecious with selfing and known sibship/parentage
  
18/03/2013, V2.0.4.1
  1) Typos in Windows GUI, and users guide
  2) Fixed a bug which aborts the run for a locus with no genotype data
  3) Checking whether an offspring has no data at all

20/02/2013, V2.0.4.0
  1) Integrated a simulation module in GUI, allowing for serial and parallel run
  2) Colony program is not installed, by default, into the "program files" folder, which can cause security issues with Windows 7. The default installation location now is "c:\ZSL\Colony\"
  3) Started recording and documenting update history

01/05/2008, V2.0.0.0: Original code