GENETIC MARKER

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does genetic marker mean? 

• GENETIC MARKER (noun)
  The noun GENETIC MARKER has 1 sense:

1. a specific gene that produces a recognizable trait and can be used in family or population studies

  Familiarity information: GENETIC MARKER used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• GENETIC MARKER (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

A specific gene that produces a recognizable trait and can be used in family or population studies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting body parts

Hypernyms ("genetic marker" is a kind of...):

cistron; factor; gene ((genetics) a segment of DNA that is involved in producing a polypeptide chain; it can include regions preceding and following the coding DNA as well as introns between the exons; it is considered a unit of heredity)

 Context examples 

A set of closely linked genetic markers present on one chromosome which tend to be inherited together.

(Haplotype, NCI Dictionary)

A genetic marker phenotype found in some cancers, this condition is marked by the presence of hundreds to thousands of mutations in microsatellite regions of chromosomes.

(Microsatellite Mutator Phenotype, NCI Thesaurus)

It attempts to locate a disease-causing gene by identifying genetic markers of known chromosomal location that are co-inherited with the trait of interest.

(Genetic Linkage Analysis, NCI Dictionary)

Genetic vectors possess a functional replicator site and contain genetic markers to facilitate their selective recognition.

(Cloning Vector, NCI Thesaurus)

Genetic markers described for sublines of this strain in the USA differ from those in Europe, suggesting that the US sublines were contaminated at some time in the past with LEW (Czerwinski and Crowell 1986).

(BDII, Rat Strain, NCI Thesaurus)

The results of the study were confirmed by using different methods like the massive sequencing of genetic markers to detect and classify microorganisms, microbial culture attempts, fluorescent flow cytometry to identify individual cells, chemical analysis of brines and scanning electron microscopy combined with X-ray spectroscopy.

(Place discovered on earth with no microbial life, The Titi Tudorancea Bulletin)