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Table 1 Estimated delta parameters in the presence and absence of LD

From: Bias of allele-sharing linkage statistics in the presence of intermarker linkage disequilibrium

 

Simulated

 

Founders genotyped

Founders ungenotyped

Chromosome

Gene

LD

LD reduction

Mean ± SD

Mean ± SD

2

No

Yes

Not reduced

0.00 ± 0.09

0.06 ± 0.10

   

Reduced

0.00 ± 0.09

0.04 ± 0.10

4

No

No

Not reduced

0.00 ± 0.12

0.00 ± 0.11

   

Reduced

0.00 ± 0.12

0.00 ± 0.12

3

Yes

Yes

Not reduced

0.36 ± 0.09

0.38 ± 0.09

   

Reduced

0.36 ± 0.09

0.38 ± 0.10

1

Yes

No

Not reduced

0.48 ± 0.09

0.46 ± 0.09

   

Reduced

0.48 ± 0.09

0.47 ± 0.09

  1. 100 replicates, allele frequencies from file, statistics calculated at five evenly spaced intervals between markers.