- 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: EMERY, A.E.H. y MUELLER, R.F. (1992) Elements of Medical Genetics, Churchill Livingstone: New York. 8th Edition.
- Definition: EMERY, A.E.H. y MUELLER, R.F. (1992) Elements of Medical Genetics, Churchill Livingstone: New York. 8th Edition.
- Context: FALVELLA, F. S. et al. (2010). Promoter Polymorphisms and Transcript Levels of Nicotinic Receptor CHRNA5. [Online], Oxford Journals, August 23. Available on: http://jnci.oxfordjournals.org/content/102/17/1366.abstract?sid=566e9de8-3433-4a9e-81ee-089e2282fe7c. [Date consulted] 11/05/13
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