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ORTHOLOG [1 record]

Record 1 2011-02-04

English

Subject field(s)
  • Genetics
  • Evolution (Biology)
DEF

A gene from a disparate species, so similar in genetic sequence that it is assumed to have originated from a single gene in a common ancestral species.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Génétique
  • Évolution (Biologie)
DEF

Gène analogue [à un autre, tous deux] situés dans un même locus de chromosomes d'espèces différentes.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Genética
  • Evolución (Biología)
DEF

Producto génico o gene homólogo que ha evolucionado de forma divergente entre especies.

CONT

Muchos genes del arroz tienen ortólogos en otros genomas de cereales, lo que se explica por la ascendencia común de las distintas especies de cereales.

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