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Definition
Provision for interchangeability of permits, credits, or both between and among cap-and-trade and emission- reduction- credit systems.
Source
Glossary and Abbreviations. "Post-Kyoto-International-Climate Policy". 2009 http://belfercenter.hks.harvard.edu/publication/19017/postkyoto_interna…
Alternative definition
The tendency of a set of genes to be inherited together more often than would be expected if they were assorting independently. exists between two genes when they are located sufficiently close to one another on the same chromosome that a proportion of gametes is produced withoutcrossing-over occurring between them.
Alternative source
FAO Glossary of Biotechnology for Food and Agriculture, 2001 (http://www.fao.org/biotech/index_glossary.asp?lang=en).