gene duplication
Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-002778
Processes occurring in various organisms by which new genes are copied. Gene duplication may result in a multigene family; supergenes or pseudogenes.
| Identifier | MLC-T-AGR-002778 |
|---|---|
| Field | Agriculture and food |
| Subject | Fields of Study |
| References | Medical Subject Headings 2012; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary |
| See also | molecular genetics; genome expansion; chromosome duplication; duplicate genes |
| Translations | Spanish: duplicación genética |
Record as JSON
{
"id": "MLC-T-AGR-002778",
"term": "gene duplication",
"field": "Agriculture and food",
"definition": "Processes occurring in various organisms by which new genes are copied. Gene duplication may result in a multigene family; supergenes or pseudogenes.",
"subject": "Fields of Study",
"see_also": [
"molecular genetics",
"genome expansion",
"chromosome duplication",
"duplicate genes"
],
"references": [
"Medical Subject Headings 2012",
"NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
],
"translations": {
"es": "duplicación genética"
},
"url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/gene-duplication/"
}
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