Marker

What is it? Any genetic element (locus, allele, DNA sequence or chromosome feature) which can be readily detected by phenotype, cytological or molecular techniques, and used to follow a chromosome or chromosomal segment during genetic analysis. See centromere marker; chromosome marker; DNA marker; genetic marker; inside marker; outside marker.

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