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![[-- positional cloning --]](Images/Terms/position.gif)
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A process which, through gene mapping techniques, is able to locate a gene responsible for a disease when little or no information is known about the biochemical basis of the disease.
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Listen to a detailed explanation.
Dr. Francis Collins, director of the National Human Genome Research Institute, defines positional cloning. |
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chromosome, cloning, gene, genetic marker, Human Genome Project | |
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