Linkage disequilibrium and haplotype block structure in six commercial pig lines.

The article discusses linkage disequilibrium (LD) which determines the number of single nucleotide polymorphism (SNP) which can be used for association and genomic studies in a genome. It states that LD also influences the genomic breeding values accuracy. The studies involved the marker reduction by selecting SNP which can be used for haplotype block used in association mapping. The differences in haplotype block can be used for future studies of differences across the animal cell lines.