marker locus

collocation in English

meaningsofmarkerandlocus

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marker
noun[C]
uk
/ˈmɑː.kər/us
/ˈmɑːr.kɚ/
a sign that shows where ...
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locus
noun[C]
uk
/ˈləʊ.kəs/us
/ˈloʊ.kəs/
the place where something happens or the central area of interest in something ...
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(Definition ofmarkerandlocusfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofmarker locus

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Only for nuclear families with e at least one parent heterozygous at themarkerlocusare the parents' phenotypes simulated.
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Unless themarkerlocusand the actual gene responsible for the disorder are very tightly linked, results from properly conducted association studies will be negative.
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First, consider each allele at amarkerlocusas the allele of interest and merge the other alleles into one composite allele.
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Estimating linkage disequilibrium between a polymorphicmarkerlocusand a trait locus in natural populations.
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It is important to note that in this approach every additional gene locus modelled requires an additionalmarkerlocus.
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The efficiency of experimental designs for the detection of linkage between amarkerlocusand a locus affecting a quantitative trait in segregating populations.
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The number of alleles at eachmarkerlocushas a small effect on the estimates of various variance components and the heritability.
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Detecting linkage disequilibrium between a polymorphicmarkerlocusand a trait locus in natural populations.
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At amarkerlocus, a randomly selected parent does not necessarily segregate for four distinguished alleles.
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We are interested in determining the relationship between the genotypes at themarkerlocusand the gene affecting the trait.
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Eachmarkerlocuscontained five alleles with equal frequencies.
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The statistic measuring linkage of themarkerlocuswith disease is p^t=na/n.
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These single-marker estimation procedures assume the presence of just one viability locus in the vicinity of themarkerlocus, which may not always be true.
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A 16 allelemarkerlocuswas simulated, with genotype records made available on the individuals in the first two generations and the last two generations.
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Firstly, there are uncertainties in an outbred family about the number of alleles permarkerlocusand the linkage phase between different markers.
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Eachmarkerlocushas 6 alleles in the base population.
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We first tried to assign offspring to their origin using only 1markerlocus.
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