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. 2001 Mar 1;10(5):545-51.
doi: 10.1093/hmg/10.5.545.

The genome-wide distribution of background linkage disequilibrium in a population isolate

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The genome-wide distribution of background linkage disequilibrium in a population isolate

S K Service et al. Hum Mol Genet. .

Abstract

Recent interest in using association studies to investigate complex traits has focused attention on understanding linkage disequilibrium (LD) in the human genome. We examined the genome-wide distribution and magnitude of such background LD (BLD) using 1036 densely spaced microsatellites, in a sample from the demographically well characterized population of the Central Valley of Costa Rica. High levels of BLD were found between linked markers several centiMorgans apart, and although BLD was significantly related to genetic distance between markers it was not spread uniformly throughout the genome. Understanding the forces governing the distribution of BLD in the genome will require similar investigations using a standard set of markers in other populations.

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