linked genes

1. 1.

   any pair of genes that tend to be transmitted together

   “the genes of Drosophila fall into four linkage groups”

   Synonymslinkage group

   Broadergene

Questions about linked genes

What does linked genes mean?

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

What is another word for linked genes?

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

linked genes 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.