CHROMOSOME MAPPING

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does chromosome mapping mean? 

• CHROMOSOME MAPPING (noun)
  The noun CHROMOSOME MAPPING has 1 sense:

1. (genetics) the process of locating genes on a chromosome

  Familiarity information: CHROMOSOME MAPPING used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• CHROMOSOME MAPPING (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

(genetics) the process of locating genes on a chromosome

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

chromosome mapping; mapping

Hypernyms ("chromosome mapping" is a kind of...):

procedure; process (a particular course of action intended to achieve a result)

Domain category:

genetic science; genetics (the branch of biology that studies heredity and variation in organisms)

 Context examples 

Applications include the determination of chromosome rearrangements in malformation syndromes and cancer, the chemistry of chromosome segments, chromosome changes during evolution, and, in conjunction with cell hybridization studies, chromosome mapping.

(Chromosome Banding, NLM, Medical Subject Headings)