                    FEATURES OF MVSP VER. 2.2

Version 2.2 of MVSP represents a minor upgrade to version 2.1.  A 
number of small flaws have been fixed, as listed in the file 
VERSIONS.TXT.  There have also been a few new features added. 
most notably the ability to interface with the general purpose 
statistical package SIMSTAT. 

The new features of MVSP 2.2 are;

1) MVSP was modified to work in batch mode.  This enables MVSP to 
be interfaced with the general purpose shareware statistical 
program SIMSTAT.  A special interface program, called SIM2MVSP, 
provides an add-in menu for SIMSTAT allowing MVSP analyses to be 
performed on SIMSTAT data files.  See the main manual MVSP.TXT 
for more information.  SIM2MVSP.ZIP is a freeware program and is 
available on many BBS', CompuServe forums, and Internet FTP 
sites.  It is also distributed with registered versions of both 
MVSP and SIMSTAT (both available from Kovach Computing Services, 
see REGISTER.TXT).

2) A new coefficient was added, Nei & Li's genetic distance.  
This is calculated as (NLc = 2a/(n1 + n2) where a = number of 
joint presences of variables (or shared electrophoretic bands) in 
the two samples being compared, n1 and n2 = total number of 
presences (bands) in each sample. 

3) A scale was added to the dendrograms.

4) A choice of four fonts is now provided for dendrograms & 
scatterplots.  These are Default, Sans Serif, Simplex, and 
Complex.  An option to choose which to use is provided on the 
Program Defaults/Graphic Options menu. 

5) More printers are now supported.  This version adds support 
for 600dpi resolution Hewlett Packard laser printers, the HP 
Color Deskjet family of printers, and the HP Thinkjet printer.
