Computer software program and method for graphically displaying gene linkage disequilibrium

摘要

It is an object of the present invention to provide a method that enables visual understanding of linkage disequilibrium between genetic loci in gene diversity data groups. A further object of the present invention is to calculate linkage disequilibrium between genetic loci at high speed with few computer resources. According to a first main aspect of the present invention, a computer system calculates a gene imbalance at each locus of two or more gene diversity data groups, and displays the result on a display monitor in a comparable manner. A computer software program product comprising a storage medium and the following instructions for operating the computer system stored in the storage medium: for each genetic locus of any two genetic diversity data groups A color output command for converting the linkage disequilibrium value into different first and second colors having saturation, lightness, and density according to the magnitude of the value, and outputting the first and second colors; A comparison display command to be displayed on the display monitor so as to be comparable between the first and second gene diversity data groups.