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Syntenic vs Collinear - What's the difference?

syntenic | collinear |

As adjectives the difference between syntenic and collinear

is that syntenic is (genetics|of multiple genes) located on the same chromosome while collinear is lying on the same straight line.

syntenic

English

Adjective

  • (genetics, of multiple genes) Located on the same chromosome.

    • Derived terms

    * syntenic group

    Related terms

    * synteny

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    collinear

    English

    Adjective

    (-)
  • lying on the same straight line
  • coaxial

    • Derived terms

    * collinearity * collinearly

    See also

    * coplanar

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