Usually means: Gene arising from duplication event.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (paralog)

▸ noun:  (genetics) either of a pair of genes that derive from the same ancestral gene

Similar:
pseudoallelism, homologous pair, paronym, homologon, homolog, homologue, linkage, heteroallelism, homologen, homology, more...

Opposite:
ortholog, homolog, xenolog

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Similar:
pseudoallelism, homologous pair, paronym, homologon, homolog, homologue, linkage, heteroallelism, homologen, homology, more...

Opposite:
ortholog, homolog, xenolog



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