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LINKED GENES

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Any pair of genes that tend to be transmitted togetherplay

Example:

the genes of Drosophila fall into four linkage groups

Synonyms:

linkage group; linked genes

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("linked genes" is a kind of...):

cistron; factor; gene ((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)

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