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Glossary Term
Glossary Term Duplication
Definition An additional copy of a DNA segment present in the genome. Gene duplication is the source of paralogous genes. See the Figure at NHGRI.
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Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB), Gene Ontology (GO), MouseCyc
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04/08/2014
MGI 5.17 		The Jackson Laboratory