分子遗传学名词解释习题.pptVIP

linkage groups Associations of loci on the same chromosome. In a species, there are as many linkage groups as there are homologous pairs of chromosomes. mapping The process of locating the positions of genes on chromosomes classical linkage map A chromosomal map, meaure and in centimorgans, based on genetic crosses to locate the relative distances between genes and their relative locations on chromosomes. * unequal crossing over Nonreciprocal crossing over caused by the mismatching of homologous chromosomes. Usually occurs in regions of tandem repeats. upstream element A sequence of about twen