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ohnologue

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
ohno-logue
IPA
13
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

One of a pair of paralogous sequences that result from complete genome duplication.

Example Sentences

Etymology

According to P. P. Singh and colleagues, this term was coined as an eponymous tribute to Susumo Ohno (1928-2000), who first proposed that whole genome duplication may play a crucial role in evolution.

Inflected Forms

ohnologues (plural) ohnolog (alternative)

Frequently Paired Words

ohnologous

Questions

What does ohnologue mean?
One of a pair of paralogous sequences that result from complete genome duplication.
Where does ohnologue come from?
According to P. P. Singh and colleagues, this term was coined as an eponymous tribute to Susumo Ohno (1928-2000), who first proposed that whole genome duplication may play a crucial role in evolution.

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