Haplotype Block Partitioning and Tag SNP Selection Using Genotype Data and Their Applications to Association Studies

Table 2.

The Results of Block Partitioning for Different Sample Sizes Based on Population P0 With α = 80% and β = 10%


Number of haplotypes

Distance (kb)

No. of SNPs

Average no. of tag SNPs using haplotype

Average no. of tag SNPs using genotype
20 1 103 23.7 23.9
50 29.5 29.5
80 30.8 30.7
100 31.1 31.0
20 2 56 15.1 15.2
50 18.1 18.0
80 18.7 18.6
100


18.9
18.9
  • SNPs with minor allele frequency >5% are used. The SNP density varies from one SNP per kilobase to 2 kb.

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