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genetic marker
(redirected from Structural markers)

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genetic marker [jə¦ned·ik ′märk·ər]
(genetics)
A gene whose phenotypic expression is easily discerned and thereby can be used to identify an individual or a cell that carries it, or as a probe to mark a nucleus, chromosome, or locus.
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An advantage of using these DNA structural markers in environmental assessments would be that tissues could be obtained through nonlethal biopsies of the gill.
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In this particular case, he notes, the researchers have applied the morphologists' rules of classification to genetic instead of structural markers.
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