synteny
English
editEtymology
editNeologism meaning "on the same ribbon"; Ancient Greek σύν (sún, “along with”) + ταινίᾱ (tainíā, “band”).
Noun
editsynteny (usually uncountable, plural syntenies)
- (genetics, obsolete, of multiple genes) The condition of being located on the same chromosome or region of genome.
- (genetics) The condition of multiple species showing a region of identical gene order.