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Extent of third-order linkage disequilibrium in a composite line of Iberian pigs.
BMC genetics - 17 Aug 2018
Gomez-Raya Luis, Silio Luis, Rauw Wendy M, Gracia-Cortés Luis Alberto, Rodríguez Carmen
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BACKGROUND: Previous studies on linkage disequilibrium have investigated second order linkage disequilibrium in animal and plant populations. The objective of this paper was to investigate the genome-wide levels of third order linkage disequilibrium in a composite line founded by admixture of four Iberian pig strains. A model for the generation of third order linkage disequilibrium by population admixture is...
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