ortholog and paralog# Biology - 生物学
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A guy post the following question in biojava mail list, thought it is
interesting to discuss:
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Dear all,
As we know ,there are two kinds of homolog, ortholog and paralog. Genes in two
species that have directly evolved from a single gene in the last common
ancestor are called orthologs. A set of homologous genes that have diverged
from each other as a consequence of genetic duplication are called paralogs.
Sometime those paralogs which arose from a duplication afte
interesting to discuss:
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Dear all,
As we know ,there are two kinds of homolog, ortholog and paralog. Genes in two
species that have directly evolved from a single gene in the last common
ancestor are called orthologs. A set of homologous genes that have diverged
from each other as a consequence of genetic duplication are called paralogs.
Sometime those paralogs which arose from a duplication afte