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Glossary Term Evolutionary Conservation
Definition The presence of similar genes, portions of genes, or chromosome segments in different species, reflecting both the common origin of species and an important functional property of the conserved element.
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Mouse Genome Database (MGD), Gene Expression Database (GXD), Mouse Models of Human Cancer database (MMHCdb) (formerly Mouse Tumor Biology (MTB)), Gene Ontology (GO)
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