synteny
noun
the presence of two or more genes on the same chromosome
syntenic
-
a word derived from
synteny.
Example Sentences
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Using software MCScanX65 with at least three syntenic genes, we identified orthologous blocks and plotted homologous proteins among wheat genomes.
From Nature ● May 8, 2018
Customized perl scripts were used to identify gene insertions and deletions occurred in the syntenic blocks between Tu3 and Ta3B via detecting whether the orthologues in Bd, Os and Sb exist.
From Nature ● May 8, 2018
The syntenic relationships between the coding sequences of the chromosomal regions surrounding these FT genes were visualized using the CoGE65 GEvo tool and the Multi-Genome Synteny Viewer66.
From Nature ● Feb. 7, 2017
Colours distinguish quinoa regions syntenic to each B. vulgaris chromosome.
From Nature ● Feb. 7, 2017
The default uses LAST71 to perform similarity searches, and DAGchainer72 to find syntenic regions.
From Nature ● Dec. 25, 2016
