Article
Linkage disequilibrium in the domesticated pig.
Genetics - 1 Mar 2004
Nsengimana Jérémie, Baret Philippe, Haley Chris S, Visscher Peter M
Abstract excerpt
This study investigated the extent of linkage disequilibrium (LD) in two genomic regions (on chromosomes 4 and 7) in five populations of domesticated pigs. LD was measured with D' and tested for significance with the Fisher exact test. Effects of genetic (linkage) distance, chromosome, population, and their interactions on D' were tested both through a linear model analysis of covariance and by a theoretical...
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