Characteristics of linkage disequilibrium in North American Holsteins

<p>Abstract</p> <p>Background</p> <p>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 lo...

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Main Authors: Schenkel Flavio S, Sargolzaei Mehdi, Bohmanova Jarmila
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2010-07-01
Series:BMC Genomics
Online Access:http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2164/11/421