Linkage group

A group of gene loci known to be linked; a chromosome. There are as many linkage groups as there are homologous pairs of chromosomes. See synteny.
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linkage group Genes linked to the same chromosome that tend to be inherited together.
linkage Tendency of genes located on the same chromosome to be inherited together.
linked gene Gene located on the same chromosome as another gene.
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As more and more markers are studied, linkage groups become larger (and the number of groups smaller) until the number of linkage groups equals the number of chromosomes.
The experiment cited above was confirmation of an early experiment of T. H.
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However, in molecular biology, recombination generally refers to the molecular process by which alleles at two genes in a linkage group can become separated.
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Linkage groups are invariably the same number as the pairs of homologous chromosomes an organism possesses.
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While linkage groups as a whole are well conserved in chicken, interruptions and rearrangements in synteny at the level of gene-to-gene resolution are pervasive.
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gene linkage: the concept of transfer of a linkage group.
gene linkage map: a map that pinpoints the location of genes based on their connection to certain marker gene sequences.
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