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Estimation of the extent of linkage disequilibrium in seven regions of the porcine genome.
Animal biotechnology - 1 Jan 2005
Jungerius Bart J, Gu Jingjing, Crooijmans Richard P M A, van der Poel Jan J, Groenen Martien A M, van Oost Bernard A, te Pas Marinus F W
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Linkage disequilibrium (LD) refers to the correlation among neighboring alleles, reflecting non-random patterns of association between alleles at (nearby) loci. A better understanding of LD in the porcine genome is of direct relevance for identification of genes and mutations with a certain effec...
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