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gene family [′jēn ‚fam·lē]

(genetics)

A group of related genes of similar sequence and function resulting from multiple duplications and subsequent mutational variation among the different copies.

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No references found			They grew different plants that had different combinations of these genes "turned on" and "turned off" and found that the members of this gene family have different but overlapping functions in plant development, such as growth, flowering time, gravitostimulation, and disease resistance. New discovery could make plants disease resistant and high-yielding by Asian News International 2007) Gene family evolution across 12 Drosophila genome, Public Library of Science Genetics, 3, 1-12. Fine-scale evolutionary genetic insights into Anopheles gambiae ... by Srivastava, Hemlata; Dixit, Jyotsana; Dash, Aditya P.; Das, Aparup / Journal of Biomedical Science and Engineering (JBiSE) Sir2 is a gene family regulating ageing and lifespan in yeast, flies and worms. SIRT1 promotes differentiation of normal human keratinocytes by Knaggs, Helen / Clinical Dermatology			gena gendarme Gendarmerie Gendarmes Gendemian Peace Treaty of 1873 gender gender changer gender gap gender identity gender mender Gender, Grammatical gending Gene gene action Gene Amdahl gene amplification gene assignment gene bank Gene C Reid Regional Park gene cluster gene control region gene conversion gene duplication gene escape gene expression gene family gene flow gene frequency gene library gene loss gene overlap gene penetrance Gene Pool Gene Position Effect gene redundancy gene regulatory protein gene scanning gene sharing gene splicing gene substitution gene suppression gene targeting gene therapy Gene, Mimetic Genealogical Classification of Languages Genealogical Tree Genealogy Genealogy of Agricultural Animals genecology Genée, Dame Adeline Geneen, Harold			Gene dose Gene Drayton Unit Gene drift Gene drift Gene drift Gene duplication Gene duplication Gene duplication Gene editing Gene editing Gene editing Gene Environment Association gene escape gene expression gene expression gene expression gene expression gene expression Gene Expression and Genotyping Facility Gene Expression Assay Gene Expression Data Portal Gene Expression Database Gene Expression Markup Language Gene Expression Network Analysis Gene Expression Omnibus Gene Expression Pattern Analysis Suite Gene Expression Pattern Scanner Gene expression programming Gene Expression Unit Gene families gene family gene flow gene flow Gene for the GDP Gene frequencies Gene frequencies gene frequency gene frequency gene frequency Gene gun Gene Hackman Gene Hackman Gene Identification by NMD Gene interaction Gene interaction Gene interaction Gene Kelly Gene Kelly Gene knockdown Gene knockdown Gene knockdown Gene knockdown Gene knockout Gene knockout Gene knockout Gene Knockout Technique Gene library Gene library Gene library Gene Lilly Surety Bonds, Inc. gene linkage

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