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linkage group

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linkage group
n.
A pair or set of genes on a chromosome that tend to be transmitted together.
linkage group  (lngkj)
A pair or set of genes that are close to each other on a chromosome and tend to be transmitted together.
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Noun1.linkage group - any pair of genes that tend to be transmitted together; "the genes of Drosophila fall into four linkage groups"
linked genes
cistron, 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"


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Among model organisms, genetic mapping is most well established in the mouse, having begun in 1915 with the discovery of the first linkage group (16).
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