There are two main goals for this collaboration: 1  Decreased Training Costs: By ensuring that each training is fully utilized and avoiding travel to Seattle PCCD will be able to decrease the overall costs to providers for Incredible YearsÂ® training.
In population genetics, linkage disequilibrium is the non-random association of alleles at different loci in a given population. Loci are said to be in linkage disequilibrium when the frequency of association of their different alleles is higher or lower than what would be expected if the loci were independent and associated randomly.
The Î² globin chains are encoded by a single gene on chromosome 11; Î± globin chains are encoded by two closely linked genes on chromosome 16. Thus, in a normal person with two copies of each chromosome, two loci encode the Î² chain, and four loci encode the Î± chain. Deletion of one of the Î± loci has a high prevalence in people of African or Asian descent, making them more likely to develop Î±-thalassemia.