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  • Institution/s: Universidad de Valladolid
  • Project: Diccionario Terminológico de Genética (Eurogene)
  • Identification number: 22
  • Subdomains: Studies of chromatin, Studies of DNA, Studies of RNA, Techniques
  • Author/s: Marta VALDENEBRO ARENAS, Patricia ROJO DE DOMINGO, Regina CAVA GARCÍA, Rubén ORTIZ PAMPLIN
  • Creation / modification date: 01-03-2014
  • Term: pseudogenes
  • Gramatical category: s
  • Definition: DNA sequence homologous with a known gene but functionless.
  • Context: […] Finally, a particulary fascinating observation is the occurrence of ‘pseudogenes’, additional copies of existing genes which are not longer functional.
  • Expression: Processed pseudogenes
  • Weighting mark: nor
  • Sources:
    • Term: MURKEN, Jan (Hrsg.) (2011). Humangenetik. 8. Aufl. Stuttgart: Thieme, 10.
    • Definition: SCHAAF, Christian, ZSCHOCKE, Johannes (2013). Basiswissen Humangenetik. 2. Aufl. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, 12.
    • Context: BUSELMAIER, Werner (2012). Biologie für Mediziner. 12. neubearbeitete und erweiterte Aufl. Berlin, Heidelberg: Springer Verlag, 99.
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