any pair of genes that tend to be transmitted together;
"the genes of Drosophila fall into four linkage groups"
linkage group的用法和样例:
例句
Groups of linked genes are termed linkage groups and the number of linkage groups of a particular organism is equal to its haploid chromosome number. 一组连锁的基因被定义为连锁群,对某一物种而言,它的连锁群数目与其单倍体的染色体数目一致。