supergene

  1. Noun.  (genetics) A group of neighbouring genes on a chromosome that are inherited together because of close genetic linkage and are functionally related in an evolutionary sense.
  2. Adjective.  (geology, of a mineral) leached and then deposited by descending waters.

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