synteny

English

Etymology

From syn- +‎ -tene +‎ -y.

Noun

synteny (usually uncountable, plural syntenies)

  1. (genetics, obsolete, of multiple genes) The condition of being located on the same chromosome or region of genome.
  2. (genetics) The condition of multiple species showing a region of identical gene order.
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