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Pseudogenes.
- Source :
- Salem Press Encyclopedia of Health, 2024. 3p.
- Publication Year :
- 2024
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Abstract
- SIGNIFICANCE: Pseudogenes are DNA sequences derived from partial copies, mutated complete copies of functional genes, or normal copies of a gene that has lost its control sequences and therefore cannot be transcribed. They may originate by gene duplication or retrotransposition. They seem to be nonfunctional regions of the genome that may evolve at a maximum rate, free from the evolutionary constraints of natural selection.
- Subjects :
- Nucleotide sequence
Chromosome duplication
Pseudogenes
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Details
- Database :
- Research Starters
- Journal :
- Salem Press Encyclopedia of Health
- Publication Type :
- Reference
- Accession number :
- 94416658