The covariance of heterozygosity as a measure of linkage disequilibrium between blocks of linked and unlinked sites in Hapmap

Genetics Research

Volumn 93, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 285-290

  Sved, John A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; DIPLOIDY; GENE LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; GENE LOCUS; HAPLOTYPE MAP; HETEROZYGOSITY; SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE POLYMORPHISM;

CHROMOSOME MAPPING; ETHNIC GROUPS; GENETIC VARIATION; GENOME, HUMAN; HAPLOTYPES; HETEROZYGOTE; HUMANS; LINKAGE DISEQUILIBRIUM; POLYMORPHISM, SINGLE NUCLEOTIDE; SAMPLE SIZE;

EID: 80054944598     PISSN: 00166723     EISSN: 14695073     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0016672311000255     Document Type: Article

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