highly significantp ≤ 7.8 × 10 −3
The average threshold for suggestive, significant, and highly significant linkages were LOD ≥ 2.1 ( p ≤ 7.8 × 10 −3 ), LOD ≥ 3.6 ( p ≤ 2.4 × 10 −4 ), and LOD ≥ 5 ( p ≤ 1 × 10 −5 ), respectively ( Manly and Olson 1999 ).