- 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: SOLARI, Albert Juan (2004). Genética Humana. Fundamentos y aplicaciones en Medicina. Buenos Aires: Ed. Médica Panamericana.
- Definition: SOLARI, Albert Juan (2004). Genética Humana. Fundamentos y aplicaciones en Medicina. Buenos Aires: Ed. Médica Panamericana.
- Context: ANAYA, Juan Manuel, SHOENFELD, Yehuda, CORREA, Paula A., GARCÍA CARRASCO, Mario y Ricard CERVERA (2005). Autoinmunidad y Enfermedad Autoinmune. Bogotá: Corporación para Investigaciones Biológicas, p. 195.
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