gametologue

English

Etymology

From gameto- +‎ -logue.

Noun

gametologue (plural gametologues)

1. (genetics) A gene that is homologous to one on a sex chromosome.
   • 2015 October 24, “Development of PCR‐Based Markers to Determine the Sex of Kelps”, in PLOS ONE‎^[1], →DOI:

     Both types of sequence could potentially be exploited for the generation of sex markers because the male and female copies of gametologues are significantly different at the sequence level and markers designed from gametologue sequences have been successfully used to discriminate between sexes in different Ectocarpus species.

Related terms

• gametologous