synteny
Britishnoun
Other Word Forms
- syntenic adjective
Etymology
Origin of synteny
C20: syn- + Greek tainia ribbon
Example Sentences
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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 • Jan. 18, 2024
Schultz’s team looked at examples of synteny in comb jellies, sponges, and some unicellular relatives.
From Science Magazine • May 17, 2023
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 • May 17, 2023
Given well-established levels of conserved synteny, this will probably be a general feature of related grass genomes that will have important practical implications.
From Nature • Dec. 5, 2012
The human genome thus contains the mutated remains of a gene devoted to egg yolk formation in egg-laying vertebrates at the precise location predicted by shared synteny derived from common ancestry.
From Forbes • Oct. 21, 2011
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