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Supergene

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Food Biotechnology

A group of neighboring genes on a chromosome that tend to be inherited together and sometimes are functionally related.

Susan Allender-Hagedorn and Charles Hagedorn — An Agricultural and Environmental Biotechnology Annotated Dictionary

A group of tightly linked genes that are co-inherited, and may be functionally related.

UN Food and Agriculture Organization — Glossary of Biotechnology for Food and Agriculture