Ohnologue
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Ohnologue is a noun meaning (genetics) One of a pair of paralogous sequences that result from complete genome duplication.
Meaning
(genetics) One of a pair of paralogous sequences that result from complete genome duplication.
Example Sentences
In the regions surrounding the TRE genes on scaffolds av458 and av6, synteny was well preserved (Fig 1B ), suggesting that AvTreA-A’ and AvTreC-C’ were ohnologues and form a quartet of four homologous regions (as in Hur et al and Van Doninck et al).
Word Forms
- ohnologues
- ohnolog
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include ohnolog, orthologue, ortologue, ortholog, paralogue, homolog.
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