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Linkage Disequilibrium

LD: Non-random association between alleles at different loci, they tend to be inherited together more often than expected by chance. LD is used in GWAS and imputation.

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High LD between the tag SNP and the causal variant allowed imputation.

Key facts

  • Alleles at different loci correlated.
  • Used in GWAS tagging and imputation.

Category: Genetics & Variation

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