Usually means: Conserved gene order across species.
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  1. synteny: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  2. synteny: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  3. synteny: Collins English Dictionary
  4. synteny: Wordnik
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  6. synteny: Dictionary.com
  7. Synteny: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia
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  1. synteny: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
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  5. Hypermedia Glossary Of Genetic Terms (No longer online)
  6. Microbial Genetics Glossary (No longer online)
  7. synteny: Medical dictionary

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  1. DOE Genome Glossary (No longer online)

Definitions from Wiktionary (synteny)

noun:  (genetics, obsolete, of multiple genes) The condition of being located on the same chromosome or region of genome.
noun:  (genetics) The condition of multiple species showing a region of identical gene order.

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