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Characteristics of linkage disequilibrium in North American Holsteins.
BMC genomics - 8 Jul 2010
Bohmanova Jarmila, Sargolzaei Mehdi, Schenkel Flavio S
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BACKGROUND: Effectiveness of genomic selection and fine mapping is determined by the level of linkage disequilibrium (LD) across the genome. Knowledge of the range of genome-wide LD, defined as a non-random association of alleles at different loci, can provide an insight into the optimal density and location of single-nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) for genome-wide association studies and can be a keystone for...
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