The extent of linkage disequilibrium in a large cattle population of western Africa and its consequences for association studies

Animal Genetics

Volumn 38, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 277-286

  Thevenon S ^a,b,c,f   Dayo, G K ^a,b,c   Sylla, S ^c   Sidibe, I ^c   Berthier, D ^a,b   Legros, H ^d   Boichard, D ^e   Eggen, A ^e   Gautier, M ^e  

^a CIRAD   (France)

^b INSTITUT DE RECHERCHE POUR LE DÉVELOPPEMENT   (France)

^c CIRDES ^*  (Burkina Faso)

^d LABOGENA   (France)

^e CEMAGREF   (France)

^f Campus International de Baillarguet   (France)

Author keywords

Cattle; Effective population size; Linkage disequilibrium; Microsatellites; Population history

Indexed keywords

MICROSATELLITE DNA;

AFRICA; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; BREEDING; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; GENE FREQUENCY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENETICS; HAPLOTYPE; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; POPULATION GENETICS;

AFRICA, WESTERN; ANIMALS; BREEDING; CATTLE; GENE FREQUENCY; GENETICS, POPULATION; HAPLOTYPES; HETEROZYGOTE DETECTION; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; MICROSATELLITE REPEATS; POPULATION DYNAMICS;

BOS; BOS INDICUS X BOS TAURUS;

EID: 34249818758     PISSN: 02689146     EISSN: 13652052     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2052.2007.01601.x     Document Type: Article

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