chromosome mapping

1. 1.

   (genetics) the process of locating genes on a chromosome

   Synonymsmapping

   Broaderprocedure

   genetics

Questions about chromosome mapping

What does chromosome mapping mean?

chromosome mapping means "(genetics) the process of locating genes on a chromosome".

What is another word for chromosome mapping?

Close synonyms include mapping. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is chromosome mapping a common word?

chromosome mapping is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.