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Linkage disequilibrium structures in cattle and their application to breed identification testing.
Animal genetics - 1 Aug 2008
Watanabe T, Hirano T, Takano A, Mizoguchi Y, Sugimoto Y, Takasuga A
Abstract excerpt
We examined the extent of linkage disequilibrium (LD) block lengths in four breed populations: Japanese Black, Angus, Hereford and Holstein. Three chromosomal regions in which QTL were previously mapped in Japanese Black populations were scanned with 84 microsatellite markers. The estimated LD le...
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