Pronounced inter- and intrachromosomal variation in linkage disequilibrium across the zebra finch genome

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Figure 4.
Figure 4.

Observed (filled circles) and fitted (lines) relationship of LD distance between adjacent markers and standardized distance from the center of the chromosome (Mb). Recombination is localized on the ends of the macrochromosomes, whereas it is more uniformly distributed on the microchromosomes.

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  1. Genome Res. 20: 496-502

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