synteny

British  

/ sɪnˈtɛnɪ /

noun

1. the presence of two or more genes on the same chromosome

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Other Word Forms

• syntenic adjective

Etymology

Origin of synteny

C20: _syn- + Greek _tainia ribbon

Example Sentences

Surprisingly, it was discovered that about 30% of their genes have remained in the same arrangement since their divergence, exhibiting an unusual evolutionary pattern known as synteny.

From Science Daily

"That homosporous lycophytes have retained so many duplicate genes and so much synteny is fascinating, a little bit surprising, and doesn't necessarily fit with our traditional ideas of how genomes reorganize themselves after a large-scale duplication," notes Wickell.

From Science Daily

Schultz’s team looked at examples of synteny in comb jellies, sponges, and some unicellular relatives.

From Science Magazine

As animals evolve, bits and pieces of DNA get swapped around, but genes often stay on the same chromosome—a trend known as synteny.

From Science Magazine

In the three interspecific comparisons, the absence of synteny in the centromere-adjacent regions of the Ae. tauschii pseudomolecules is reflected by empty space in those regions.

From Nature