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Linkage disequilibrium on the bovine X chromosome: characterization and use in quantitative trait locus mapping.
Genetics - 1 Jul 2006
Sandor Cynthia, Farnir Frédéric, Hansoul Sarah, Coppieters Wouter, Meuwissen Théo, Georges Michel
Abstract excerpt
We herein demonstrate that in the Holstein-Friesian dairy cattle population, microsatellites are as polymorphic on the X chromosome as on the autosomes but that the level of linkage disequilibrium between these markers is higher on the X chromosome than on the autosomes. The latter observation is not compatible with the small male-to-female ratio that prevails in this population and results in a higher gonosomal...
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