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Glossary Term
Glossary Term Complex/Cluster/Region
Definition In MGI, the marker type "Complex/Cluster/Region" refers to any of the following:
  1. Gene complex; a group of genes closely linked together that are related evolutionarily or functionally. Interspersed unrelated genes located within the group are included.
  2. A segment of the mouse genome defined by comparison to an orthologous segment in the genome of another species, or by some specific characteristic, such as loss of heterozygosity.
  3. A marker repository for information pertaining to a specific gene family, where such information lacks precise family member resolution.
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Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Models of Human Cancer database (MMHCdb) (formerly Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB)), Gene Ontology (GO)
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