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. 2005 Nov;15(11):1519–1534. doi: 10.1101/gr.4421405

Table 5.

Distribution of genes across regions of high and low linkage disequilibrium

Assigned to region of
Gene function (GO Term) Annotated genes Low LD High LD High-Low Ratio χ2 P-value
Amine metabolism 167 51 45 0.88 0.14
Biological process unknown 648 165 190 1.15 10.45
Biosynthesis 447 130 129 0.99 2.43
Carbohydrate metabolism 212 74 70 0.95 0.76
Catabolism 357 112 90 0.80 0.02
Cell adhesion 335 110 78 0.71 0.93
Cell cycle 493 119 177 1.49 26.24 <.00001
Cell differentiation 182 70 38 0.54 4.19 .04
Cell motility 180 69 44 0.64 1.67
Cell organization and biogenesis 545 138 178 1.29 16.43 .00005
Cell proliferation 876 254 267 1.05 8.25 .004
Cell surface receptor linked signal transduction 670 256 149 0.58 10.99 .0009
Cell-cell signaling 474 181 93 0.51 13.50 .0002
Cellular lipid metabolism 253 87 60 0.69 1.03
DNA metabolism 366 74 139 1.88 35.37 <.00001
Immune response 622 232 94 0.41 34.36 <.00001
    Includes: humoral immune response 154 54 19 0.35 10.60 .001
    Includes: inflammatory response 161 66 18 0.27 18.84 .00001
Intracellular signaling cascade 604 212 150 0.71 1.84
Intracellular transport 263 56 95 1.70 19.61 <.00001
Ion transport 213 81 42 0.52 5.84 .02
Lipid metabolism 351 121 87 0.72 0.84
Neurogenesis 366 132 67 0.51 10.30 .001
Neurophysiological process 384 149 78 0.52 10.35 .001
    Includes: sensory perception 191 82 41 0.50 6.75 .009
Organelle organization and biogenesis 444 107 152 1.42 19.65 <.00001
Organic acid metabolism 226 70 55 0.79 0.05
Organogenesis 805 294 162 0.55 16.49 .00005
Phosphorus metabolism 368 99 120 1.21 8.51 .004
Programmed cell death 350 111 85 0.77 0.21
Protein localization 174 39 60 1.54 9.76 .002
Protein metabolism 1193 318 375 1.18 23.33 <.00001
Protein transport 159 38 55 1.45 7.53 .006
Reproduction 171 44 43 0.98 0.69
Response to stimulus 1346 472 290 0.61 14.78 .0001
    Includes: response to DNA damage 154 35 54 1.54 8.85 .003
    Includes: response to external biotic stimulus 431 158 56 0.35 30.62 <.00001
    Includes: response to external stimulus 825 303 154 0.51 23.53 <.00001
    Includes: response to pest, pathogen or parasite 415 154 53 0.34 31.42 <.00001
RNA metabolism 208 41 71 1.73 15.33 .00009
Vesicle-mediated transport 203 61 64 1.05 1.95
All SWISS-PROT Entries Examined 7520 2305 2045 0.89