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Orthologous Gene

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Orthologous Gene Definition

A gene from one species which corresponds to a gene in another species that is related via a common ancestral species (a homologous gene), but which has evolved to become different from the gene of the other species.

Orthologous Gene Synonyms

Orthologous Gene, Ortholog

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