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linkage group
linkage groupn. A pair or set of genes on a chromosome that tend to be transmitted together.ThesaurusNoun | 1. | linkage group - any pair of genes that tend to be transmitted together; "the genes of Drosophila fall into four linkage groups"linked genescistron, gene, factor - (genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity; "genes were formerly called factors" | Translationslinkage group
linkage group[′liŋ·kij ‚grüp] (genetics) The set of gene loci that show significantly less than 50% recombination with one or more other genes within the set; given enough mapped genes, it corresponds to one complete chromosome of the complement. The genes located on a single chromosome. linkage group
link·age groupa set of two or more loci that have been shown by linkage analysis to be physically close in the genome but that have not yet been assigned to specific chromosomes. It is rapidly becoming an outmoded term.linkage groupn. A pair or set of genes on a chromosome that tend to be transmitted together.linkage group
Synonyms for linkage groupnoun any pair of genes that tend to be transmitted togetherSynonymsRelated Words |