The estimated haplotype frequencies and the linkage
disequilibrium measures of the two SNPs were calculated
using the exact solution to the cubic equation
(CubeX) [29] and the Multiallelic Interallelic Disequilibrium
Analysis Software [30]. Frequencies for the
haplotypes were 655Ile/1170Ala 56%, 655Ile/1170Pro
23%, 655Val/1170Ala 15%, and 655Val/1170Pro 6. The
very low jD0j (0.072) and r2 (0.0006) indicate that the
probability of a non-random association of the alleles at
the two loci is very low.