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SNP frequency, haplotype structure and linkage disequilibrium in elite maize inbred lines.
BMC genetics - 7 Oct 2002
Ching Ada, Caldwell Katherine S, Jung Mark, Dolan Maurine, Smith Oscar S, Tingey Scott, Morgante Michele, Rafalski Antoni J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Recent studies of ancestral maize populations indicate that linkage disequilibrium tends to dissipate rapidly, sometimes within 100 bp. We set out to examine the linkage disequilibrium and diversity in maize elite inbred lines, which have been subject to population bottlenecks and intense selection by breeders. Such population events are expected to increase the amount of linkage disequilibrium, but...
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