Term: synteny
Literally meaning: "on the same ribbon"
Origin: Anc Greek
>συν/syn(=together, with) + βίος/vios(=life)
+ ταινία/taenia(=band, ribon)> τανύω/tanyo(=strain)
Coined/History
Synteny was originally coined by Renwick (1971)
Definition
Synteny describes the occurence on the same chromosome of two or more gene loci.
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