| 单词 | multigene family |
| 释义 | > as lemmasmultigene family multigene family n. a group of related multigenes. ΚΠ 1972 Federation Proc. (Federation Amer. Soc. Exper. Biol.) 31 184/1 Another coevolution model that permits diversity in the multigene family has been proposed. 1976 Biochem. Genetics 14 477 The antibody gene families are the only well-documented examples of a complex informational multigene family... A multigene family is defined as closely linked clusters of genes whose individual members exhibit sequence homology and carry out related or overlapping functions. 1991 D. J. Weatherall New Genetics & Clin. Practice (ed. 3) iii. 55 Many human genes are organised in families. A group of homologous genes with similar functions is called a multigene family. The more grandiose title of supergene family has been used to describe sets of multigene families and single-copy genes of common ancestry. 2001 New Scientist 28 Apr. 93 (advt.) A three year postdoctoral position is available..to take a functional genomics approach to the multigene family of Group 1 glycosyltransferases of Arabidopsis. < as lemmas |
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