ortholog

İngilizce - İngilizce

ortholog teriminin İngilizce İngilizce sözlükte anlamı

either of two or more homologous gene sequences found in different species

Genes and/or pseudogenes which is a counterpart to a similar gene and/or pseudogene in another primate An ortholog is presumed to be a copy of an ancestral gene sequence and is thus related by common phylogenetic descent

A gene with similar function to a gene in an evolutionarily related species The identification of orthologs is useful for gene function prediction