Extended Intermarker Linkage Disequilibrium in the Afrikaners

Table 3.

Comparison of LD between Locus Pairs at Increasing Ranges of Genetic Distance across Populations

Population Proportion of locus pairs with D‘m > 0.30
0–1 cM 1–2 cM 2–3 cM 3–4 cM 4–5 cM 5–6.5 cM
Afrikaners 3/7 3/7 0/4 1/4 0/7 2/7
Finns 1/7 0/7 0/4 0/4 0/7 0/7
Sardinians 0/7 0/7 0/4 0/4 0/7 0/7
British 0/7 0/7 0/4 0/4 0/7 0/7
USA 0/7 0/7 0/4 0/4 0/7 0/7
Proportion of locus pairs with G2 > 0.05
0–1 cM 1–2 cM 2–3 cM 3–4 cM 4–5 cM 5–6.5 cM
Afrikaners 7/7 7/7 4/4 4/4 7/7 7/7
Finns 6/7 4/7 2/4 0/4 0/7 0/7
Sardinians 3/7 1/7 0/4 0/4 0/7 0/7
British 4/7 0/7 0/4 0/4 0/7 0/7
USA 3/7 0/7 0/4 0/4 0/7 0/7
  • LD, linkage disequilibrium.

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