orthology
noun
the use of language which is seen as traditional and correct, rather than new, modern, or incorrect.
orthologous
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a word derived from
orthology.
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Using OrthoMCL, orthologous gene sets containing two copies in quinoa and one copy each in C. pallidicaule, C. suecicum, and B. vulgaris were identified.
From Nature ● Feb. 7, 2017
Green and grey arrows represent FT1 and FT2 genes, respectively, and coloured lines connect orthologous coding sequences surrounding the FT genes.
From Nature ● Feb. 7, 2017
The protein sequences of one-to-one orthologous genes were aligned using MUSCLE48 with the default parameters.
From Nature ● Dec. 13, 2016
Axes represent orthologous gene group index along the genome. b, Branch-length estimation for loss and gain of synteny blocks with MrBayes, see Supplementary Note 7 for details.
From Nature ● Nov. 17, 2015
In the two species we found antisense lncRNAs opposite to orthologous protein-coding genes.
From Nature ● Mar. 15, 2014
