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

1 sense of genetic marker

Sense 1
genetic marker -- (a specific gene that produces a recognizable trait and can be used in family or population studies)
       => gene, cistron, factor -- ((genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity; "genes were formerly called factors")