GENE LINKAGE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does gene linkage mean? 

• GENE LINKAGE (noun)
  The noun GENE LINKAGE has 1 sense:

1. (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)

  Familiarity information: GENE LINKAGE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENE LINKAGE (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(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)

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Synonyms:

gene linkage; linkage

Hypernyms ("gene linkage" is a kind of...):

hereditary pattern; inheritance ((genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents)

Domain category:

genetic science; genetics (the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms)