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Pseudogene

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processedModified through manufacture such as refinement or food processing.
nonfunctionalNot functional; useless; broken.
pseudogenomenoun(genetics) A collection of genes that is only an incomplete genome
pseudomotifnoun(genetics) A motif that is part of a pseudogene
pseudogenusnoun(genetics) A spurious genus based on apparent similarities in unrelated organisms.
pseudogenationnounThe formation of pseudogenes
pseudophenotypenounA pseudovariable, used in genetic analysis, that takes the place of a phenotype
pseudoallelenoun(genetics) Either of the two genes involved in pseudoallelism.
subgenenoun(genetics) A subset of a gene
pseudocellnoun(biology, computing) A pseudospatial cell
paraloguenoun(genetics) A pair of genes that derives from the same ancestral gene and now reside at different locations within the same genome.
genenoun(molecular biology) A segment of DNA or RNA from a cell's or an organism's genome, that may take several forms and thus parameterizes a phenomenon, such as (often) the structure of a protein.
paranomenoun(genetics) The complete set of paralogous genes in a genome.
pseudolysogenynoun(biology) An interaction between a phage and a host cell in which the nucleic acid of the phage remains dormant.
orphonnoun(genetics) A gene located outside the main chromosomal locus.
pseudomicrobenounSynonym of pseudobacteria.
pseudodiploidynoun(genetics) The condition of being pseudodiploid
gene familynoun(genetics) A group of closely related genes that make similar gene products.
pseudohaplotypenoun(genetics) A group of alleles located on the same paternal or maternal chromosome
genophorenoun(biology) The DNA of a prokaryote.

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