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NAL Agricultural Thesaurus

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Fields of Study > genetics > molecular genetics > gene duplication

Preferred Term:

gene duplication

Definition:

Processes occurring in various organisms by which new genes are copied. Gene duplication may result in a multigene family; supergenes or pseudogenes.

Concept Schemes:

NALT Core

Broader Concept:

molecular genetics

URI:

https://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/42565

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