Genetic characterisation of the Connemara pony and the Warmblood horse using a within-breed clustering approach

Table 2 Comparison of linkage disequilibrium (r²) between CP and WB within-breed genetic groups and sample origin groups

Genetic group/Sample origin	Mean	Max	Min	Rate of decay 0–1 Mb (r²/Mb)	Rate of decay 1–2 Mb (r²/Mb)	Rate of decay 2–4 Mb (r²/Mb)
UK CP	0.035	0.129	0.010	0.066	0.006	0.004
C1	0.113	0.192	0.001	0.065	0.004	0.003
C2	0.130	0.258	0.013	0.060	0.006	0.003
C3	0.077	0.181	0.023	0.065	0.007	0.005
UK WB	0.013	0.124	0.000	0.078	0.012	0.005
EU WB	0.054	0.187	0.021	0.071	0.012	0.004
W1	0.370	0.519	0.111	0.069	0.015	0.006
W2	0.043	0.164	0.012	0.076	0.012	0.006
W3	0.257	0.363	0.018	0.069	0.009	0.007
W4	0.016	0.127	0.004	0.079	0.012	0.005

LD linkage disequilibrium, CP Connemara pony, WB Warmblood horse, UK United Kingdom, EU Rest of Europe

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