(genetics) traits that tend to be inherited together as a consequence of an association between their genes; all of the genes of a given chromosome are linked (where one goes they all go) 遺伝子間の関連性の結果として一緒に受け継がれる傾向がある形質。所定の染色体の遺伝子の全ては、結合している（一つが進むと、それら全てが進む）。
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【上位】 a relation between things or events (as in the case of one causing the other or sharing features with it); "there was a connection between eating that pickle and having that nightmare" 物事または出来事の関連（例えば1つがもう一方を引き起こす、あるいは1つがもう一方と共通点を持つ）。
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