Admixture Mapping
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4020-6754-9_301
Chromosomal blocks can remain intact in linkage disequilibrium after admixture of different populations. These blocks eventually decay because of recombination yet, based on the linkage disequilibrium, gene loci can be mapped. (Chakraborty R, Weiss KM 1988 Proc Natl Acad Sci USA 85:9119)
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