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linkage disequilibrium: a standalone construct

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Genetics

the non-random association of alleles at different loci in a population, used to map disease genes and read population history.

In genetics, linkage disequilibrium refers to the non-random association of alleles at different loci in a population, used to map disease genes and read population history. This meaning comes from Slatkin (2008) in Nature Reviews Genetics.[1]

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References

Slatkin, M. (2008). Linkage disequilibrium: understanding the evolutionary past and mapping the medical future. Nature Reviews Genetics, 9(6), 477-485. https://doi.org/10.1038/nrg2361

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