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Genetic Linkage Analysis
Definition 1
The process of measuring the extent of crossovers between chromosomes as a gauge of the distance between genes. (NCI Thesaurus)
Definition 2
A gene-hunting technique that traces patterns of disease in high-risk families. It attempts to locate a disease-causing gene by identifying genetic markers of known chromosomal location that are co-inherited with the trait of interest. (NCI Dictionary)
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