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Hierarchical modeling of linkage disequilibrium: genetic structure and spatial relations.
American journal of human genetics - 1 Feb 2003
Conti David V, Witte John S
Abstract excerpt
Linkage disequilibrium (LD) mapping offers much promise for the positional cloning of disease-causing genes. However, conventional estimates of LD may fluctuate substantially across contiguous genomic regions, because of population-specific phenomena such as mutation, genetic drift, population structure, and variations in allele frequencies. This fluctuation makes it difficult to interpret patterns of LD and...
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