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Linkage disequilibrium

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-004850

Where alleles (DNA markers) occur together more often than can be accounted for by chance because of their physical proximity on a chromosome. Also called LD.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-004850
FieldOncology and biomedicine
SynonymsLD
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Genetics Terms
Record as JSON 
{
  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-004850",
  "term": "Linkage disequilibrium",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "Where alleles (DNA markers) occur together more often than can be accounted for by chance because of their physical proximity on a chromosome. Also called LD.",
  "synonyms": [
    "LD"
  ],
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Genetics Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/linkage-disequilibrium/"
}

Record 10,129 of 17,717 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.