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Keywords: Loci, Chromosome, Tend, Inherited, Hereditary

Related Terms: Epigenetic, Expression, Genetic, Linkage, Locus, Mutation, Polymorphism, Gene, Genes , Recombinant Dna Technology, Genetic Polymorphism, Genetic Recombination, Genetic Marker, Marker, Deletion Mutation, Pseudogene, Haplotype, Single Nucleotide Polymorphism, Snp, Marker Gene, Homologous Recombination, Genetic Linkage, Rflp, Point Mutation, Recombinant Dna, Genomic Imprinting, Gene Mutation, Suppressor Mutation, Positional Cloning, Gene Splicing, Allozymes, Single Nucleotide Polymorphisms, Linked Genes, Insertion, Restriction Fragment Length Polymorphism, Gene Targeting, Recombinant, Reverse Genetics, Genetic Markers, Gene Locus, Genetic Mutation, Locus/Loci, Polymorphisms, Multigene Family, Homolog, Linkage Group, Indel, Markers, Pseudogenes, Loci

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A group of genes located closely together on a chromosome. Used by researchers to related diseases to specific genes.

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(genetics) traits that tend to be inherited together as a consequence of an association between their genes; all of the genes of a given chromosome are linked (where one goes they all go)

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The occurrence of two or more loci of interest on the same chromosome.

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Phenomenon wherein genes located on the same chromosome tend to be inherited together more often than they are split apart.

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The hereditary association of genes located on the same chromosome

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A group of genes located close together on a chromosome.

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