| linkage group | A set of two or more loci that have been shown by linkage analysis to be physically close in the genome but that have not yet been assigned to specific chromosomes. It is rapidly becoming an outmoded term. (05 Mar 2000) |
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| llandeilo group | <geology> A series of strata in the lower Silurian formations of Great Britain; so named from Llandeilo in Southern Wales. See Chart of Geology. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| ludlow group | <geology> A subdivision of the British Upper Silurian lying below the Old Red Sandstone; so named from the Ludlow, in Western England. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998) |
| lutheran blood-group system | A complex blood group system having pairs of alternate antigens and amorphic genes, but also subject to a dominant independently segregating repressor. (12 Dec 1998) |