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ohnologue

ohnologue noun: one of a pair of paralogous sequences that result from complete genome duplication.

Noun

ohnologue (plural ohnologues)

  1. One of a pair of paralogous sequences that result from complete genome duplication.
    • 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).2015 July 11, “Against All Odds: Trehalose-6-Phosphate Synthase and Trehalase Genes in the Bdelloid Rotifer Adineta vaga Were Acquired by Horizontal Gene Transfer and Are Upregulated during...

Forms of ohnologue

pluralohnologues
alternative formohnolog

Origin of ohnologue

According to P. P. Singh and colleagues, this term was coined as an eponymous tribute to Susumo Ohno (1928-2000), who first proposed that whole genome duplication may play a crucial role in evolution.

Questions about ohnologue

What does ohnologue mean?
Ohnologue means one of a pair of paralogous sequences that result from complete genome duplication.
What part of speech is ohnologue?
Ohnologue is a noun.
What is the plural of ohnologue?
The plural of ohnologue is ohnologues.

Words near ohnologue in the dictionary

  1. ohmygosh
  2. ohn
  3. ohnolog
  4. ohnologous
  5. ohnologs
  6. ohnologue
  7. ohnologues
  8. ohnosecond
  9. ohnoseconds
  10. oho
  11. Ohomo

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