Linkage map — a chromosome map showing the relative positions of genes and other DNA markers on the chromosomes, as determined by linkage analysis.
连锁基因或遗传标记在染色体上的相对位置的线性图。
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Genetic analysis of linkage used recombination to analyze the structure of chromosomes, to determine the locations of genes and their linear order along a chromosome.
The long arm of chromosome 17 has previously been associated with prostate cancer in family-based linkage studies, the authors explain, but no susceptibility variants have been reported before now.