"Synteny" is a descriptor in the National Library of Medicine's controlled vocabulary thesaurus,
MeSH (Medical Subject Headings). Descriptors are arranged in a hierarchical structure,
which enables searching at various levels of specificity.
The presence of two or more genetic loci on the same chromosome. Extensions of this original definition refer to the similarity in content and organization between chromosomes, of different species for example.
| Descriptor ID |
D026801
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| MeSH Number(s) |
G02.111.810.550.830 G05.810.550.830
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| Concept/Terms |
Synteny- Synteny
- Syntenies
- Syntenic Homology
- Homologies, Syntenic
- Homology, Syntenic
- Syntenic Homologies
Conserved Synteny- Conserved Synteny
- Conserved Syntenies
- Syntenies, Conserved
- Synteny, Conserved
- Syntenic Conservation
- Conservation, Syntenic
- Conservations, Syntenic
- Syntenic Conservations
Colinearity, Chromosomal- Colinearity, Chromosomal
- Chromosomal Colinearities
- Colinearities, Chromosomal
- Chromosomal Colinearity
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| 2002 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 2004 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2006 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2009 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 2012 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| 2014 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 2015 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 2016 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2017 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2019 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2021 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
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Below are the most recent publications written about "Synteny" by people in Profiles.
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Draft hybrid assembly and annotation of the Drosophila palustris and Drosophila subpalustris genomes. G3 (Bethesda). 2026 Oct 07; 16(10).
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Repeat-Driven Generation of Antigenic Diversity in a Major Human Pathogen,?Trypanosoma cruzi. Front Cell Infect Microbiol. 2021; 11:614665.
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Expression of novel long noncoding RNAs defines virus-specific effector and memory CD8+ T cells. Nat Commun. 2019 01 14; 10(1):196.
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The house spider genome reveals an ancient whole-genome duplication during arachnid evolution. BMC Biol. 2017 07 31; 15(1):62.
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Multifaceted biological insights from a draft genome sequence of the tobacco hornworm moth, Manduca sexta. Insect Biochem Mol Biol. 2016 09; 76:118-147.
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Hemichordate genomes and deuterostome origins. Nature. 2015 Nov 26; 527(7579):459-65.
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The genomes of two key bumblebee species with primitive eusocial organization. Genome Biol. 2015 Apr 24; 16:76.
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Intermediate DNA methylation is a conserved signature of genome regulation. Nat Commun. 2015 Feb 18; 6:6363.
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In-silico QTL mapping of postpubertal mammary ductal development in the mouse uncovers potential human breast cancer risk loci. Mamm Genome. 2015 Feb; 26(1-2):57-79.
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The first myriapod genome sequence reveals conservative arthropod gene content and genome organisation in the centipede Strigamia maritima. PLoS Biol. 2014 Nov; 12(11):e1002005.