Table 3.

Linkage disequilibrium in the MAGIC Plus population.

Distance (kb)	r2 (p < 0.05)	Significant LD pairs	Marker pairs in complete LD	Marker pairs in complete LD (%)
0–5	0.796	12,440	8,153	65.54
>5–100	0.619	65,140	23,507	36.09
>100–250	0.506	84,254	15,808	18.76
>250–500	0.421	120,362	12,390	10.29
>500–750	0.350	108,080	6,011	5.56
>750–1000	0.318	95,907	3,138	3.27
>1000–1500	0.280	164,489	4,970	3.02
>1500–2000	0.230	141,971	2,601	1.83
>2000–2500	0.200	115,415	1,488	1.29
>2500–5000	0.167	393,990	3,476	0.88
>5000–7500	0.133	232,003	233	0.10
>7500	0.075	623,818	7	0.00
Total		2,157,869	81,782

LD, linkage disequilibrium; kb, kilo bases; r², co-efficient of determination.