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Measuring the extent of linkage disequilibrium in commercial pig populations.
Animal genetics - 1 Jun 2006
Harmegnies N, Farnir F, Davin F, Buys N, Georges M, Coppieters W
Abstract excerpt
To evaluate the extent of linkage disequilibrium in domestic pigs, we genotyped 33 and 44 unrelated individuals from two commercial populations for 29 and five microsatellite markers located on chromosomes 15 and 2 respectively. A high proportion of marker pairs up to 40 cM apart exhibited significant linkage disequilibrium in both populations. Pair-wise r(2) values averaged between 0.15 and 0.50 (depending on...
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