Optimal Haplotype Block-Free Selection of Tagging SNPs for Genome-Wide Association Studies

Table 1.

Number of Tagging SNPs Needed at Various Thresholds, Using Either the Informativeness or Haplotype r2 Measures and Either an Optimal or Random Choice of Tagging SNPs



Threshold
Measure
Algorithm
# SNPs
85%
90%
95%
99%
100%
Informativeness Optimal 4102 817 1001 1274 1798 2715
Informativeness Random 4102 2633 3160 3618 3930 4100
Haplotype r2 Optimal 4102 1243 1461 1757 2234 2724
Haplotype r2
Random
4102
2497
2907
3248
3887
4102

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