I'm a PhD student working on genetic polymorphisms in drug metabolizing
and DNA repair genes, wherein we have analyzed the frequencies of DNA
repair gene XRCC1 at exon 6(Arg/Trp) and 10(Arg/Gln). In order to
understand the co segregation of these two polymorphisms in Indian
population, we carried out Linkage Analysis using EH program. The
results of our analysis are listed below.
Linkage Disequilibrium D = h-p1p2
= 0.586461 - 0.9*0.67
= -0.016
Linkage Coefficient r = D/[p(1-p)q(1-q)]1/2
= -0.016/(0.9*0.1*0.33*0.97)1/2
= -0.046
#param Ln(L) Chi-square
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H0: No Association 2 -1074.53 0.00
H1: Allelic Associations Allowed 3 -1072.23 4.59
1. How do we determine significant linkage values, is there a reference
or range available for interpretation?
2. What is the meaning of a negative LD and linkage coefficient?
3. What is the relationship between them?
4. What does the linkage coefficient tell us? how is the value
interpreted?
THANX.
