the process of determining how genes are positioned on a chromosome
gene mapping in American English
noun Genetics
1.
any of a number of methods used to construct a model of the linear sequence of genes of a particular chromosome
2.
the act of constructing such a model
Word origin
[1975–80]This word is first recorded in the period 1975–80. Other words that entered Englishat around the same time include: front-load, gravitational lens, gridlock, hybridoma, surrogate mother
Examples of 'gene mapping' in a sentence
gene mapping
Crop improvement is a long-term business, he says, anticipating a decade-long project of tool building, gene mapping, testing and polishing to create an elite cultivar.