coincidental evolution
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coincidental evolution
[‚kō‚in·sə¦dent·əl ‚ev·ə′lü·shən] (evolution)
The maintenance of sequence homology among nonallelic members of a multigene family within a species. Also known as concerted evolution; horizontal evolution.
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