Estimation of linkage disequilibrium in a sample of the United Kingdom dairy cattle population using unphased genotypes

Journal of Animal Science

Volumn 81, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 617-623

  Tenesa, A ^a,c   Knott, S A ^a   Ward, D ^b   Smith, D ^b   Williams, J L ^b   Visscher, P M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^c NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Dairy Cattle; Linkage Disequilibrium; Mapping; Markers

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS; BOVINAE;

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

ALGORITHM; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BAYES THEOREM; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BIOLOGY; CATTLE; CHROMOSOME MAP; FEMALE; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; MALE; RANDOMIZATION; STATISTICAL MODEL; UNITED KINGDOM;

ALGORITHMS; ANIMALS; BAYES THEOREM; CATTLE; CHROMOSOME MAPPING; COMPUTATIONAL BIOLOGY; FEMALE; GREAT BRITAIN; HAPLOTYPES; LIKELIHOOD FUNCTIONS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MALE; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; MODELS, GENETIC; MODELS, STATISTICAL; RANDOM ALLOCATION;

EID: 0038608076     PISSN: 00218812     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2527/2003.813617x     Document Type: Article

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