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
Afrikaners3/73/70/41/40/72/7
Finns1/70/70/40/40/70/7
Sardinians0/70/70/40/40/70/7
British0/70/70/40/40/70/7
USA0/70/70/40/40/70/7
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
Afrikaners7/77/74/44/47/77/7
Finns6/74/72/40/40/70/7
Sardinians3/71/70/40/40/70/7
British4/70/70/40/40/70/7
USA3/70/70/40/40/70/7

[i] LD, linkage disequilibrium.