gene mapping


nounGenetics.
  1. any of a number of methods used to construct a model of the linear sequence of genes of a particular chromosome.

  2. the act of constructing such a model.

Origin of gene mapping

1
First recorded in 1975–80

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Cultural definitions for gene mapping

gene mapping

The process of determining where genes are located on individual chromosomes. (Compare DNA sequencing.)

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