either of a pair of genes derived from the same ancestral gene
Examples of 'paralogue' in a sentence
paralogue
Activity expressed as absolute fluorescence was 50% higher for the human paralogue than the activity of the parasitic enzyme.
Annette Kaiser, Barbara Langer, Jude Przyborski, David Kersting, Mirko Krüger 2015, 'A Putative Non-Canonical Ras-Like GTPase from P. falciparum: Chemical Properties andCharacterization of the Protein', PLOS ONE10.1371/journal.pone.0140994. Retrieved from PLOS CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)
In both cases, samples were selected for which paralogue ratio test data were also available for comparison.
Hoang eNguyen, Tony R Merriman, Michael A Black 2014, 'The CNVrd2 package: measurement of copy number at complex loci using high-throughputsequencing data', Frontiers in Geneticshttp://journal.frontiersin.org/Journal/10.3389/fgene.2014.00248/full. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)