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ortholog conjecture: a standalone construct

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Comparative genomics

the assumption that orthologous genes keep function better across species than duplicated paralogues do.

In comparative genomics, ortholog conjecture refers to the assumption that orthologous genes keep function better across species than duplicated paralogues do. This meaning comes from Nehrt (2011) in PLoS Computational Biology.[1]

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References

Nehrt, N. L., Clark, W. T., Radivojac, P., & Hahn, M. W. (2011). Testing the Ortholog Conjecture with Comparative Functional Genomic Data from Mammals. PLoS Computational Biology, 7(6), e1002073. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pcbi.1002073

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