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~~A '''genetic marker''' is a segment of~~ [[~~DNA]] having an identifiable physical location on a chromosome and an inheritance that can be followed.~~

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#REDIRECT [[genetic marker]]

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A marker ~~can be a gene, or it can be some section of DNA with no known function.~~

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Because DNA segments that lie near each other on a chromosome tend to be inherited together, markers are often used as indirect ways of tracking the inheritance pattern of a gene that has not yet been identified, but whose approximate location is known.

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~~== Source ==~~

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*[http://www.genome.gov/glossary.cfm Government NIH Genome Project]

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~~[[Category:Genetics~~]]

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