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Vinony

linkage disequilibrium

noun

  1. where alleles (DNA markers) occur together more often than can be accounted for by chance because of their physical proximity on a chromosome
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Wiktionary

noun

  1. A non-random association of two or more alleles at two or more loci; normally caused by an interaction between genes, and often illustrated on a pairwise linkage disequilibrium diagram (HapMap)