Table 5.
Linkage disequilibrium estimates for the elite durum wheat panel based on mapped SSR and DArT markers
| Marker pairs | Linkage disequilibrium estimate | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Distance (cM) | Count (no.) | Average r 2 | Average D ’ |
| 0 | 504 | 0.674 | 0.858 |
| 0 - 0.5 | 392 | 0.473 | 0.767 |
| 0.5 - 1.0 | 306 | 0.357 | 0.658 |
| 1.0 - 5.0 | 2,677 | 0.275 | 0.663 |
| 5.1 - 10.0 | 2,437 | 0.150 | 0.525 |
| 10.1 - 20.0 | 3,256 | 0.087 | 0.398 |
| 20.1 - 30.0 | 2,667 | 0.066 | 0.323 |
| 30.1 - 40.0 | 2,386 | 0.036 | 0.283 |
| 40.1-50.0 | 2,381 | 0.029 | 0.254 |
| > 50 | 18,139 | 0.025 | 0.232 |
LD decay in a collection of 183 elite durum wheat accessions from the Mediterranean, CIMMYT and ICARDA germplasm included in the association mapping Durum Panel.