genetic linkage
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Genetic linkage — is the tendency of certain loci or alleles to be inherited together. Genetic loci that are physically close to one another on the same chromosome tend to stay together during meiosis, and are thus genetically linked. Contents 1 Background 2… … Wikipedia
Genetic linkage — Liaison génétique La liaison génétique (ou genetic linkage) désigne le fait que deux allèles de deux gènes différents sont transmis ensemble d un individu à sa descendance. Attention à distinguer liaison génétique de liaison physique : deux… … Wikipédia en Français
genetic linkage — The term refers to the fact that certain genes tend to be inherited together, because they are on the same chromosome. Thus parental combinations of characters are found more frequently in offspring than non parental. Linkage is measured by the… … Dictionary of molecular biology
Genetic association — is the occurrence, more often than can be readily explained by chance, of two or more traits in a population of individuals, of which at least one trait is known to be genetic. Studies of genetic association aim to test whether single locus… … Wikipedia
Linkage — generally means the manner or style of being united , and can refer to:*Genetic linkage *Linkage (mechanical) *Linkage (policy) *Linkage (linguistics) *Linkage (software) *Linkage (BitTorrent client)*Linkage is also a commonly used phrase in most … Wikipedia
Genetic averaging — is a the notion that people of European descent are in some way a genetic average of people of Sub Saharan African descent and people of East Asian descent. It is promoted by J. Phillipe Rushton. Some argue that the genetic research Rushton cites … Wikipedia
Linkage disequilibrium — In population genetics, linkage disequilibrium is the non random association of alleles at two or more loci, not necessarily on the same chromosome. It is not the same as linkage, which describes the association of two or more loci on a… … Wikipedia
Genetic epidemiology — is the study of the role of genetic factors in determining health and disease in families and in populations, and the interplay of such genetic factors with environmental factors. In slightly more formal language, genetic epidemiology was defined … Wikipedia
Genetic hitchhiking — is the process by which an evolutionarily neutral or in some cases deleterious allele or mutation may spread through the gene pool by virtue of being linked to a beneficial mutation. More generally, genetic hitchhiking can refer to the process by … Wikipedia
genetic marker — n. any allele or gene associated with a specific chromosome and used in genetic research, as in the identification and location of the other genes in a linkage group … English World dictionary
