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How population growth affects linkage disequilibrium.
Genetics - 1 Aug 2014
Rogers Alan R
Abstract excerpt
The "LD curve" relates the linkage disequilibrium (LD) between pairs of nucleotide sites to the distance that separates them along the chromosome. The shape of this curve reflects natural selection, admixture between populations, and the history of population size. This article derives new results about the last of these effects. When a population expands in size, the LD curve grows steeper, and this effect is...
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