gene linkage

1. 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)

   Synonymslinkage

   Broaderinheritance

   genetics

Questions about gene linkage

What does gene linkage mean?

gene linkage means "(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)".

What is another word for gene linkage?

Close synonyms include linkage. 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 gene linkage a common word?

gene linkage 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.