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orthologs

orthologs is the plural of ortholog.

Meaning of ortholog

Noun

ortholog (plural orthologs)

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

Questions about orthologs

What is orthologs the plural of?
Orthologs is the plural of ortholog.

Words near orthologs in the dictionary

  1. ortholog
  2. orthological
  3. orthologization
  4. orthologous
  5. orthologously
  6. orthologs
  7. orthologue
  8. orthologues
  9. orthology
  10. orthomagmatic
  11. orthomegodont

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Adapted from Wiktionary: orthologs (page history and authors); ortholog (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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