Supergene. A group of neighboring genes on a chromosome that tend to be inherited together and sometimes are functionally related.
Supernatant. The soluble liquid &action of a sample after centrifugation or precipitation of insoluble solids.
Examples of tightly linked genes having epistatic effects on fitness are found in supergenes and the human major histocompatibility complex genes.
 See also: Hypothesis, Trans, Human, Character, Class
  
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