Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun gene_linkage

1 sense of gene linkage

Sense 1
linkage, gene linkage -- ((genetics) traits that tend to be inherited together as a consequence of an association between their genes; all of the genes of a given chromosome are linked (where one goes they all go))
       => inheritance, hereditary pattern -- ((genetics) attributes acquired via biological heredity from the parents)