Genetic diversity of a New Zealand multi-breed sheep population and composite breeds’ history revealed by a high-density SNP chip

Table 2 Average linkage disequilibrium (r²) between adjacent SNP pairs by chromosome and including all genotyped animals (n = 14,845)

Chr.	N pairs	Mean r²	Mean dist. (kb)	Max dist. (kb)	Chr	N pairs	Mean r²	Mean dist. (kb)	Max dist. (kb)
1	58,073	0.263	4.74	117.87	15	17,068	0.264	4.74	93.00
2	52,391	0.275	4.75	152.46	16	14,974	0.249	4.78	74.52
3	46,858	0.276	4.78	146.79	17	15,050	0.247	4.80	115.76
4	24,928	0.267	4.78	204.62	18	14,599	0.263	4.69	138.63
5	22,793	0.263	4.73	305.58	19	13,094	0.260	4.60	96.23
6	24,338	0.262	4.80	70.15	20	11,033	0.255	4.62	132.22
7	21,261	0.264	4.71	268.22	21	10,422	0.246	4.80	173.10
8	19,070	0.260	4.75	131.01	22	10,779	0.254	4.71	108.88
9	19,831	0.259	4.77	85.59	23	12,949	0.245	4.81	45.27
10	17,848	0.267	4.84	357.01	24	9,190	0.262	4.57	70.25
11	13,820	0.271	4.50	139.12	25	9,786	0.249	4.63	104.82
12	17,047	0.257	4.64	61.26	26	9,411	0.244	4.68	44.36
13	17,639	0.282	4.71	343.36	All	507,918	0.263	4.74	357.01
14	13,624	0.261	4.60	140.07	All	507,918	0.263	4.74	357.01

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