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LDpop: an interactive online tool to calculate and visualize geographic LD patterns.
BMC bioinformatics - 10 Jan 2020
Alexander T A, Machiela M J
Abstract excerpt
BACKGROUND: Linkage disequilibrium (LD)-the non-random association of alleles at different loci-defines population-specific haplotypes which vary by genomic ancestry. Assessment of allelic frequencies and LD patterns from a variety of ancestral populations enables researchers to better understand population histories as well as improve genetic understanding of diseases in which risk varies by ethnicity. RESULTS:...
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