Linkage disequilibrium and past effective population size in native Tunisian cattle

Abstract To carry out effective genome-wide association studies, information about linkage disequilibrium (LD) is essential. Here, we used medium-density SNP chips to provide estimates of LD in native Tunisian cattle. The two measures of LD that were used, mean r2 and D’, decreased from 0.26 to 0.05...

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Main Authors: Slim Ben Jemaa, Nejia Thamri, Sofiane Mnara, Emmanuelle Rebours, Dominique Rocha, Mekki Boussaha
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade Brasileira de Genética 2019-02-01
Series:Genetics and Molecular Biology
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1415-47572019000100052&lng=en&tlng=en