colinear
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However, the translation to protein is still systematic and colinear, such that nucleotides 1 to 3 correspond to amino acid 1, nucleotides 4 to 6 correspond to amino acid 2, and so on.
From Textbooks • Jun. 9, 2022
If an Ae. tauschii gene was homologous to tandem duplicated genes on the subject pseudomolecule, only one of the duplicated genes was recorded, provided that it was in a colinear position on the pseudomolecule.
From Nature • Nov. 14, 2017
Cells containing colinear genes are coloured whereas those that are not colinear are colourless.
From Nature • Nov. 14, 2017
To identify inversions and translocations, the ascending or descending order of genes starts on a subject pseudomolecule was reconstructed by inverting or translocating segments of the pseudomolecules to reconstruct the ancestral colinear gene order.
From Nature • Nov. 14, 2017
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