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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 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
GENETIC ANCESTRY, JEWISH — Background The human genome refers to approximately three billion chemical letters (nucleotides) comprising the sequence of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) in almost every cell of each human being. There are four different nucleotides (adenine,… … Encyclopedia of Judaism
Genetic marker — A genetic marker is a gene or DNA sequence with a known location on a chromosome that can be used to identify cells, individuals or species. It can be described as a variation (which may arise due to mutation or alteration in the genomic loci)… … Wikipedia
Genetic genealogy — Part of a series on Genetic genealogy Concepts Population genetics Haplogroup/ Haplotype Most recent common ancestor Human mitochondrial DNA haplogroups Human Y chromosome DNA haplogroups Genomics Other Y chromosome haplogroups by po … Wikipedia
Genetic history of Europe — European populations have a complicated demographic and genetic history, including many layers of successive migrations between different time periods, from the first appearance of Homo sapiens in the Upper Paleolithic to contemporary immigration … Wikipedia
Genetic origins of the Turkish people — The migrations of Turkic speaking groups in Anatolia was a shift in language barrier between Altaic languages and Indo European languages. The nature of this exchange has been subject of long debates by the scientists. Anatolia and the medieval… … Wikipedia
Genetic testing — (also called DNA based tests) is among the newest and most sophisticated of techniques[1] used to test for genetic disorders which involves direct examination of the DNA molecule itself. Other genetic tests include biochemical tests for such gene … Wikipedia
genetic map — n MAP * * * linkage map a gene map giving the positions of known genes and markers relative to each other, based on recombination frequencies, rather than as specific physical points; the unit of measurement is the centimorgan. Cf. physical m … Medical dictionary
Genetic history of indigenous peoples of the Americas — For a non technical introduction to genetics in general, see Introduction to genetics … Wikipedia
