linkage group

1. 1.

   any pair of genes that tend to be transmitted together

   “the genes of Drosophila fall into four linkage groups”

   Synonymslinked genes

   Broadergene

Questions about linkage group

What does linkage group mean?

linkage group means "any pair of genes that tend to be transmitted together".

What is another word for linkage group?

Close synonyms include linked genes. 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 linkage group a common word?

linkage group 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.