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gene redundancy

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gene redundancy [′jēn ri′dən·dən·sē]
(genetics)
The presence of additional copies of a gene within a cell.


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This surprising result probably arises from one or more phenomena including functional gene redundancy and gene compensation; that is, other unidentified genes taking over the function of the knockout gene.
Consider gene redundancy and gene compensation which Morange states need to be distinguished from each other.
 
 
 
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