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has gloss | eng: A supergene is a group of neighbouring genes on a chromosome which are inherited together because of close genetic linkage and are functionally related in an evolutionary sense, although they are rarely co-regulated genetically. |
lexicalization | eng: Super gene |
lexicalization | eng: Super-gene |
lexicalization | eng: supergene |
instance of | (noun) (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; "genes were formerly called factors" factor, gene, cistron |
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