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paralogue

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables
par-alogue
IPA
12
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
8
Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A pair of genes that derives from the same ancestral gene and now reside at different locations within the same genome.

Etymology

From para- + -logue.

Word Breakdown

Inflected Forms

paralogues (plural) paralog (alternative)

Derived Forms

interparalogue

Questions

What does paralogue mean?
A pair of genes that derives from the same ancestral gene and now reside at different locations within the same genome.
Where does paralogue come from?
From para- + -logue.

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