ENGLISH DICTIONARY

Cosegregation

Definition & Meaning

Part of speech noun

Quick meaning: Cosegregation is a noun meaning (genetics) The transmission of two or more linked genes on a chromosome to the same daughter cell leading to the inheritance by the offspring of these genes together.

Meaning

(genetics) The transmission of two or more linked genes on a chromosome to the same daughter cell leading to the inheritance by the offspring of these genes together.

Word Forms

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include missegregation, segregation, heterozygosis, comobilization, malsegregation, heterodisomy.

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