synteny

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Neologism meaning "on the same ribbon"; Ancient Greek σύν (sún, “along with”) + ταινίᾱ (tainíā, “band”).

Noun[edit]

synteny (usually uncountable, plural syntenies)

  1. (genetics, obsolete, of multiple genes) The condition of being located on the same chromosome or region of genome.
  2. (genetics) The condition of multiple species showing a region of identical gene order.
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