TY - JOUR AU - Badke, Yvonne M. AU - Bates, Ronald O. AU - Ernst, Catherine W. AU - Schwab, Clint AU - Steibel, Juan P. PY - 2012 DA - 2012/01/17 TI - Estimation of linkage disequilibrium in four US pig breeds JO - BMC Genomics SP - 24 VL - 13 IS - 1 AB - The success of marker assisted selection depends on the amount of linkage disequilibrium (LD) across the genome. To implement marker assisted selection in the swine breeding industry, information about extent and degree of LD is essential. The objective of this study is to estimate LD in four US breeds of pigs (Duroc, Hampshire, Landrace, and Yorkshire) and subsequently calculate persistence of phase among them using a 60 k SNP panel. In addition, we report LD when using only a fraction of the available markers, to estimate persistence of LD over distance. SN - 1471-2164 UR - https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2164-13-24 DO - 10.1186/1471-2164-13-24 ID - Badke2012 ER -