Linkage Disequilibrium

Views Updated: Dec 15, 2025

Key Facts

Abbreviation
LD
Pronunciation
/ˈlɪŋkɪʤ dɪˌsikwəˈlɪbriəm/
Category
Medical
Related Field
British Medicine

Examples in Context

  1. Linkage disequilibrium is one of the most recently focused interests in the field of plant genomics.
  2. Association analysis, a new approach for dissecting complex traits based on linkage disequilibrium, can overcome the limitations of QTL mapping for use in plant genetic studies.
  3. The index can quantify the level of linkage disequilibrium ( LD ) between the marker and the disease susceptibility locus ( DSL ) of genes.
  4. The ultimate value of SNPs for linkage and association mapping depends in part on the allele frequencies of the markers and inter-marker linkage disequilibrium across populations.
  5. Reviews of the Advancement on Mining Exotic Genes in Crop Germplasm Resources by Linkage Disequilibrium(LD) Method

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