Definition for Linked gene
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Genes are called linked when they are physically close to each other on the same chromosome. Their physical proximity limits or prevents recombination between them at meiosis, so they usually appear to be transmitted together. The distance between linked genes can be estimated by the frequencies of recombinations due from crossing over during Prophase I of meiosis.