Re: "homology / similarity" of proteins

peter Murray-rust (p.murray-rust@mail.cryst.bbk.ac.uk)
Fri, 24 May 1996 21:27:25 +0100 (BST)

On Fri, 24 May 1996, Sophia Kossida wrote:

> Dear Will,
>
> Two genes are said to be paralogous if they are derived from a duplication
> event, but orthologous if they are derived from a speciation event. This is
> how the above terms are used, at least, in an evolutionary context.

Thanks everyone for this discussion of terminology. This emphaises the
value in building glossaries:-) We shall be able to refer back to these
discussions and make use of them while building and extending the
glossaries.

P.
> > Cheers
> Sophia
>
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Peter Murray-Rust, Glaxo Research & Dev. (pmr1716@ggr.co.uk); (BioMOO: PeterMR)
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