Definition of Genetic marker

1. Noun. A specific gene that produces a recognizable trait and can be used in family or population studies.

Generic synonyms: Cistron, Factor, Gene

Medical Definition of Genetic marker

1. A gene which has an easily identifiable phenotype so that one can tell apart cells or individuals which have the gene and those which do not have it. Such a gene can also be used as a probe to mark cell nuclei or chromosomes so that they can easily be isolated or identified from other nuclei or chromosomes later. (09 Oct 1997)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Genetic Marker

genetic girl
genetic girls
genetic heterogeneity
genetic homeostasis
genetic identity
genetic induction
genetic information
genetic isolate
genetic lethal
genetic linkage
genetic load
genetic locus
genetic map
genetic mapping
genetic marker (current term)
genetic markers
genetic material
genetic materials
genetic memory
genetic model
genetic modification
genetic mutation
genetic penetrance
genetic polymorphism
genetic profiling
genetic programming
genetic psychology
genetic recombination
genetic science

Literary usage of Genetic marker

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. SAS/Genetics(tm) 9.1.3 User's Guide by Wendy Czika, Xiang Yu, Virginia Clark, Rob Pratt (2005)
"Most of the analyses in SAS/Genetics are concerned with detecting patterns of covariation in genetic marker data. These data generally consist of pairs of ..."

2. SAS/Genetics 9.1 User's Guide by Wendy Czika, Xiang Yu, Virginia Clark, Rob Pratt (2004)
"Most of the analyses in SAS/Genetics are concerned with detecting patterns of covariation in genetic marker data. These data generally consist of pairs of ..."

3. Genomic Signal Processing and Statistics by R. Dougherty, Edward R Dougherty (2005)
"As an example, consider the simple scenario in which a genetic marker to - gethen with an environmental condition create a phenotypic character. ..."

4. Genes, Behavior, and the Social Environment: Moving Beyond the Nature by Lyla M. Hernandez, Dan German Blazer (2006)
"... than expected sharing of the known alleles of the polymorphic genetic marker being used, then the genetic marker is likely to be linked (that is, ..."

5. Biomedical Technology Resources: A Research Resources Directory edited by Barry Leonard (1998)
"... if there is association between a quantitative trait and a known polymorphic genetic marker; if there are genetic loci linked to a known genetic marker ..."

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