English Explanatory Dictionary

ohnologue

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. One of a pair of paralogous sequences that result from complete genome duplication.

Word forms

ohnologue ohnologues ohnolog

Etymology

According to P. P. Singh and colleagues, this term was coined as an eponymous tribute to Susumo Ohno (1928-2000), who first proposed that whole genome duplication may play a crucial role in evolution.

Related words

ohnologous
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