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  1. ortholog: Wordnik
  2. ortholog: Wiktionary
  3. ortholog: Dictionary.com
  4. Ortholog: Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Ortholog: MedTerms.com Medical Dictionary
  2. Ortholog: Drug Medical Dictionary

Science (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. Drug Discovery and Development (No longer online)
  2. ortholog: Cytokines & Cells Online Pathfinder Encyclopaedia

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Definitions from Wiktionary (ortholog)

▸ noun:  (genetics) Any of two or more homologous gene sequences found in different species related by linear descent.

Similar:
orthologue, orthology, homolog, ortologue, syntelog, homeolog, homology, xenolog, homologue, homeologue, more...

Opposite:
paralog, xenolog, heterolog

Types:
one-to-one, many-to-many, one-to-many, more...

Adjectives:
human, mammalian, putative, single, conserved, functional, zebrafish, archaeal, clear, true

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Similar:
orthologue, orthology, homolog, ortologue, syntelog, homeolog, homology, xenolog, homologue, homeologue, more...

Opposite:
paralog, xenolog, heterolog

Types:
one-to-one, many-to-many, one-to-many, more...

Adjectives:
human, mammalian, putative, single, conserved, functional, zebrafish, archaeal, clear, true



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