cosegregation

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The transmission of two or more linked genes on a chromosome to the same daughter cell leading to the inheritance by the offspring of these genes together.

Word forms

cosegregation cosegregations

Etymology

From co- + segregation.

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