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ortholog

ortholog noun: any of two or more homologous gene sequences found in different species related by linear descent.

Noun

ortholog (plural orthologs)

  1. Any of two or more homologous gene sequences found in different species related by linear descent.

ortholog meaning in Tamil

ortholog in Tamil

ஆர்தோலாக், ஒர்தோலாக்

Forms of ortholog

pluralorthologs

Words formed from ortholog

Questions about ortholog

What does ortholog mean?
Ortholog means any of two or more homologous gene sequences found in different species related by linear descent.
What is ortholog in Tamil?
Ortholog in Tamil is ஆர்தோலாக், ஒர்தோலாக். See Ortholog meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is ortholog?
Ortholog is a noun.
What is the plural of ortholog?
The plural of ortholog is orthologs.

Words near ortholog in the dictionary

  1. orthokinetic
  2. ortholattice
  3. ortholattices
  4. ortholinear
  5. ortholinearity
  6. ortholog
  7. orthological
  8. orthologization
  9. orthologous
  10. orthologously
  11. orthologs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: ortholog (page history and authors); ortholog (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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