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Human Molecular Genetics Advance Access published online on October 27, 2004
Human Molecular Genetics, doi:10.1093/hmg/ddh337
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Recombination Hotspots and Block Structure of Linkage Disequilibrium in the Human Genome Exemplified by Detailed Analysis of PGM1 on 1p31

Naheed A Rana 1*, Neil D Ebenezer 2, Andrew R Webster 2, Andres R Linares 3, David B Whitehouse 3, Sue Povey 3, and Alison J Hardcastle 2

1 Department of Molecular Genetics, Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, 11-43 Bath Street, London EC1V 9EL, UK; MRC Human Biochemical Genetics Unit, Galton Laboratory, University College London, 4 Stephenson Way, London NW1 2HE, UK
2 Department of Molecular Genetics, Institute of Ophthalmology, University College London, 11-43 Bath Street, London EC1V 9EL, UK
3 MRC Human Biochemical Genetics Unit, Galton Laboratory, University College London, 4 Stephenson Way, London NW1 2HE, UK

* To whom correspondence should be addressed.
Naheed A Rana, E-mail: naheed_rana{at}yahoo.co.uk


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The distribution of linkage disequilibrium (LD) in the human genome has important consequences for the design of experiments that infer susceptibility genes for complex disease using association studies. Recent studies have shown a non-random distribution of human meiotic recombination associated with intervening tracts of LD. Little is known about the processes, patterns and frequency of reciprocal meiotic recombination in humans. However, this phenomenon can be better understood by the fine structure analysis of several genomic regions by mapping hotspots and characterizing regions with variable LD.

Here, we report clustered hotspot activity with intervening blocks of LD within the humanPGM1 gene (1p31) using data derived from meiotic and population studies. Earlier work has suggested a high recombination rate in two regions within thePGM1 gene; Site A (exons 4 to 8) and Site B (exons 1A to 4). Sequencing of 8 individuals across 6 Kb of targeted regions in Site B identified 18 informative SNPs. Individuals from three distinct populations, Caucasian (n=264), Chinese (n=222) and Vietnamese (n=187) were genotyped, and haplotypes determined using EH, ldmax and Arlequin.

Allelic association and haplotype analysis in these samples revealed variable recombination rates acrossPGM1, demonstrating the presence of, (i) three hotspots and, (ii) three haplotype blocks. The spatial arrangement of haplotype blocks was identical in all populations studied. The pattern of association withinPGM1 represents a region decomposed into small blocks of LD, where increased recombination activity has disrupted the ancestral chromosome. Additionally, crossovers in phased data mapped preferentially to regions where LD collapses, which also overlap with sequence motifs.


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