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  • Institution/s: Universidad de Valladolid, Université d'Artois
  • Project: Diccionario Terminológico de Genética (Eurogene)
  • Identification number: 36
  • Subdomains: Studies of chromatin, Studies of DNA, Studies of RNA, Techniques
  • Author/s: Carmen CUÉLLAR LÁZARO, Marie-Hélène GARCIA, Regina CAVA GARCÍA, Rubén ORTIZ PAMPLIN
  • Creation / modification date: 02-03-2014
  • Term: linkage disequilibrium
  • Gramatical category: s
  • Definition: A linkage disequilibrium is the association of two linked alleles more frequently than would be expected by chance.
  • Context: ...chromosomal locus 15q25, implicated in lung cancer risk and nicotine dependence, shows extensive linkage disequilibrium that complicates identification of causal variation.
  • Weighting mark: nor
  • Sources:
    • Term: MURKEN, Jan (Hrsg.) (2011). Humangenetik. 8. Aufl. Stuttgart: Georg Thieme Verlag, 356.
    • Definition: MURKEN, Jan (Hrsg.) (2011). Humangenetik. 8. Aufl. Stuttgart: Georg Thieme Verlag, 356.
    • Context: PASSARGE, Eberhard (2008). Taschenatlas. Humangenetik. Stuttgart: Georg Thieme Verlag, 202.
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