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synteny: a standalone construct

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Genomics

preservation of gene content and order along chromosome segments across species.

In genomics, synteny refers to preservation of gene content and order along chromosome segments across species. This meaning comes from Nadeau (1984) in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.[1]

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References

Nadeau, J. H., & Taylor, B. A. (1984). Lengths of chromosomal segments conserved since divergence of man and mouse. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 81(3), 814-818. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.81.3.814

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