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