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Nature Genetics 38, 82–85 (1 January 2006) | doi:10.1038/ng1695

Common deletions and SNPs are in linkage disequilibrium in the human genome

David A Hinds , Andrew P Kloek , Michael Jen , Xiyin Chen & Kelly A Frazer

Humans show great variation in phenotypic traits such as height, eye color and susceptibility to disease. Genomic DNA sequence differences among individuals are responsible for the inherited components of these complex traits.