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linkage

Term · Oncology and biomedicine · MLC-T-ONC-004848

The tendency for genes or other segments of DNA to be inherited together during meiosis because of their location near one another on the same chromosome. Finding linked genes can help identify a disease-causing gene.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-ONC-004848
FieldOncology and biomedicine
ReferencesNCI Dictionary of Genetics Terms
Record as JSON 
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  "id": "MLC-T-ONC-004848",
  "term": "linkage",
  "field": "Oncology and biomedicine",
  "definition": "The tendency for genes or other segments of DNA to be inherited together during meiosis because of their location near one another on the same chromosome. Finding linked genes can help identify a disease-causing gene.",
  "references": [
    "NCI Dictionary of Genetics Terms"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/oncology/linkage/"
}

Record 10,129 of 17,721 in Oncology and biomedicine terminology (MLC-0111). Request the full dataset.